Nights in the Past
The Guide to Historic Hotels in the UK, Europe and USA
  • Home
  • England
    • London >
      • Hazlitts
      • The Fox Club
      • Rose and Crown Wimbledon
      • The Cadogan
      • Browns
      • Langham
      • Goring Hotel
      • Old Manor House
      • Red Lion Hillingdon
      • Cannizaro House
      • Grims Dyke Hotel
    • Bedfordshire >
      • Queens Head Milton Ernest
      • Luton Hoo Hotel
      • The Falcon
    • Berkshire >
      • Bull Inn Sonning
      • The Bear Hungerford
      • Littlecote
      • Elcot Park Hotel
    • Buckinghamshire >
      • The Kings Arms
      • The Greyhound Inn
      • Cliveden
      • The Swan Revived
      • Hartwell House Hotel
      • The Compleat Angler
      • Cock Hotel Stony Stratford
      • Shakespeare House
      • Kings Hotel
    • Cambridgeshire >
      • The Haycock Hotel
      • The Bell Inn
      • The Old Hall Ely
      • The Old Ferryboat
    • Cheshire >
      • The Chester Grosvenor
      • The Queen Hotel
      • Crewe Hall Hotel
      • The Crown of Nantwich
      • Heathercliffe Hotel
    • Cornwall and Isles of Scilly >
      • The Headland Hotel
      • Dolphin Tavern Penzance
      • Housel Bay Hotel
      • The Wellington Hotel
      • The Greenbank Hotel
      • The Falmouth Hotel
      • Camelot Castle Hotel
      • Tregarthens
      • Star Castle Hotel
      • Trerose Manor
    • Cumbria and Lake District >
      • The Royal Oak Borrowdale
      • The Ambleside Salutation
      • The Swan Hotel Grasmere
      • Lancrigg
      • Lindeth Howe Hotel
      • White Moss House
      • Foxghyll
      • George of Penrith
      • Ann Tyson's House
    • Derbyshire >
      • The George at Hathersage
      • The Old Hall Buxton
      • The Rutland Arms
      • The Izaak Walton Hotel
      • The Old Lockup Wirksworth
    • Devon >
      • Two Bridges Dartmoor
      • The Three Crowns
      • Lewtrenchard Manor Hotel
      • The Oxenham Arms
      • Royal Castle Dartmouth
      • Churston Court
      • The Hoops Inn
      • Boringdon Hall Hotel
      • The Castle Inn
      • Royal Seven Stars
      • Rising Sun Lynmouth
      • Shelley's Hotel
      • Langdon Court
      • Royal Clarence Hotel
    • Dorset >
      • The Acorn Inn
      • Crown at Marnhull
      • Brace of Pheasants
      • Royal Lion
      • Langtry Manor
      • Kings Arms Dorchester
      • Grosvenor Arms
      • Bull of Bridport
      • Mariners
      • The Abbots House
    • Durham >
      • The George Piercebridge
      • Walworth Castle
      • Seaham Hall
      • The Ravensworth Arms
    • Essex >
      • Marygreen Manor Hotel
      • The Red Lion
      • The Rose and Crown
    • Gloucestershire >
      • Thornbury Castle
      • Charingworth Manor
      • Kings Arms Stow
      • The Fleece of Cirencester
      • The Manor House Hotel
      • Bodkin House
      • The New Inn
      • The Royalist Hotel
      • Court House Manor
      • White Hart Royal
      • Wesley House
    • Hampshire >
      • The Dolphin Hotel
      • Oakley Hall
      • The Swan of Alton
      • Rhinefield House
      • Lainston House
      • The Elvetham Hotel
      • Passford House Hotel
      • Crown at Lyndhurst
    • Herefordshire >
      • The Royal Hotel
      • The Talbot at Ledbury
    • Hertfordshire >
      • The Grove
      • Sopwell House Hotel
      • Cromwell Hotel
    • Kent >
      • Falstaff Hotel
      • The House of Agnes
      • Sun Hotel Canterbury
      • Eastwell Manor
      • The Leather Bottle
      • The George at Cranbrook
      • The Abbott's Fireside
      • Dog and Bear Lenham
      • Queens Inn Hawkhurst
      • Bleak House
    • Lancashire >
      • Midland Hotel Manchester
      • Childwall Abbey
      • The Swan and Royal
      • Roscoe House
    • Leicestershire >
      • The Three Swans
      • Rothley Court Hotel
    • Lincolnshire >
      • The Angel and Royal
      • The George of Stamford
      • The White Hart
    • Norfolk >
      • The Maids Head
      • Lynford Hall Hotel
      • The Hoste Arms
    • Northamptonshire >
      • Fawsley Hall Hotel
      • Rushton Hall Hotel
      • Talbot Hotel Oundle
      • The Hind of Wellingborough
      • Saracens Head Towcester
    • Northumberland >
      • Langley Castle Hotel
      • Chillingham Castle
    • Nottinghamshire >
      • Saracens Head of Southwell
      • Colwick Hall Hotel
      • Ye Olde Bell
    • Oxfordshire >
      • Old Parsonage Oxford
      • MacDonald Randolph Hotel
      • Crown & Thistle
      • The Bear Hotel of Woodstock
      • The Old Bull Burford
      • The George at Wallingford
      • Red Lion at Henley
      • Bath Place Oxford
    • Shropshire >
      • Prince Rupert Classic Hotel
      • The Lion Hotel
      • Feathers Hotel Ludlow
      • Catherine of Aragon Suite
    • Somerset >
      • Bath Spa Hotel
      • Queen Charlotte's Orangery
      • Apsley House Bath
      • The George at Norton St Philip
      • Crown Hotel Wells
      • Swan Hotel Wells
      • The Castle of Comfort
      • Castle Hotel at Taunton
      • The Ship Inn
      • The Old House
      • Luttrell Arms
    • Staffordshire >
      • Old Hall Country House
      • The Swan of Stafford
      • New Hall Hotel
    • Suffolk >
      • Seckford Hall Hotel
      • Hintlesham Hall Hotel
      • The Angel Hotel
    • Surrey >
      • Crown Inn Chiddingfold
      • Great Fosters
      • Burford Bridge Hotel
      • The Angel Posting House and Livery
      • Oatlands Park
      • The Talbot at Ripley
    • East Sussex >
      • The Grand Hotel
      • George of Robertsbridge
      • The Mermaid
      • The George Inn Rye
      • Ocklynge Manor
      • Old Ship Hotel
      • Buxted Park Hotel
      • Strand House Winchelsea
    • West Sussex >
      • Amberley Castle Hotel
      • The Spread Eagle
      • The Angel at Midhurst
      • Gravetye Manor Hotel
      • White Horse Storrington
      • The Swan of Fittleworth
      • The George at Crawley
    • Warwickshire >
      • The White Swan of Stratford
      • Alveston Manor Hotel
      • Coombe Abbey Hotel
      • Chapel House Atherstone
      • White Swan at Henley
    • Wiltshire >
      • Rollestone Manor
      • Castle Inn at Castle Combe
      • Manor House Hotel Castle Combe
      • The Old Bell
      • Red Lion of Salisbury
      • King John's Hunting Lodge
    • Worcestershire >
      • Abbots Grange at Broadway
      • The Lygon Arms
      • Dumbleton Hall Hotel
      • Hadley Bowling Green Inn
      • The White Lion
    • Yorkshire >
      • The Guy Fawkes Inn
      • Middlethorpe Hall Hotel
      • Churchill Hotel York
      • The Talbot at Malton
      • Swinton Park Hotel
      • Hazlewood Castle
      • The Crown of Harrogate
      • The Old Swan Hotel
      • Nidd Hall
      • Whitley Hall Hotel
      • Black Swan at Helmsley
      • The Old Deanery
      • Bay Royal Hotel Whitby
      • Kings Head Richmond
  • Scotland
    • Highlands and North Scotland >
      • Culloden House Hotel
      • Inverlochy Castle Hotel
      • Kilmarnock Arms
      • Taychreggan Hotel
      • The Cuilfail Hotel
      • The Kenmore Hotel
      • Atholl Arms Hotel
    • Edinburgh and Mid Scotland >
      • Prestonfield
      • Channings Hotel
      • Dalhousie Castle
      • Stevenson House
      • The Castle Snug
      • Houstoun House Hotel
      • Golden Lion Hotel Stirling
      • Borthwick Castle
    • Southern Scotland >
      • Traquair
      • Spread Eagle Jedburgh
      • Friars Carse
      • Kings Arms Lockerbie
      • The Ship Inn
  • Wales
    • North Wales >
      • Soughton Hall
      • Castle Hotel Conwy
      • Ruthin Castle Hotel
      • Plas Dolmelynllyn Hall
      • Pale Hall
      • St Tudno Hotel
      • Ye Olde Bulls Head
      • Gwydir Castle
    • Mid Wales >
      • Ynyshir Hall
      • Llangoed Hall
      • Lake Country House Hotel
    • South Wales >
      • The Great House
      • The Angel of Cardiff
      • The Royal Hotel Cardiff
      • Castle Hotel Neath
  • France
    • Paris >
      • La Relais du Louvre
      • L'Hotel
      • Hotel Balzac
      • Hotel Scribe
      • Le Meurice
      • Hotel Opera Richepanse
      • Hotel d'Angleterre Paris
      • Victoria Palace Hotel
      • St James and Albany
      • The Ritz Paris
      • Hotel d'Aubusson
      • The Aviatic Hotel
      • Hotel Edouard VII
      • Hotellerie du Bas Breau
    • Alsace and Lorraine >
      • Hotel de l'Europe of Strasbourg
      • Cour du Corbeau
      • Hotel du Dragon
      • Hotel des Deux Clefs
      • Le Marechal of Colmar
      • Chateau Alteville
    • Aquitaine >
      • Chateau Lamothe du Prince Noir
      • Grand Hotel de Bordeaux
      • Du Palais Biarritz
      • Chateau d'Urtubie
      • Chateau Mas de Montet
    • Auvergne >
      • Chateau de Vollore
      • Chateau Royal de Saint Saturnin
    • Brittany >
      • La Maison Pavie
      • Chateau de la Ballue
      • Les Ajoncs d'Or
      • Symphonie des Sens
      • Domaine de Kerbastic
    • Burgundy and Franche Comte >
      • Hotel le Cep
      • Abbaye de la Bussiere
      • Chateau Villersexel
      • Hostellerie de la Poste
    • Centre >
      • Chateau des Arpentis
      • Chateau de Rochecotte
      • Chateau de Pray
      • Chateau de Chissay
      • Chateau de Noizay
      • Chateau de la Bourdaisiere
      • Chateau du Portail
    • Champagne Ardennes >
      • Chateau d'Etoges
      • La Maison de Rhodes
      • Hotellerie le Chateau Fort
    • Languedoc Roussillon >
      • Hotel de la Cite
      • Chateau des Ducs de Joyeuse
      • Chateau de Saint Michel de Lanes
      • Chateau Ayres
      • Chateau d'Arpaillargues
      • Domaine du Grand Malherbes
    • Midi Pyrenees >
      • Chateau de la Treyne
      • Le Grand Ecuyer
      • La Terrasse
      • Chateau de Goudourville
    • Normandy >
      • Grand Hotel Cabourg
      • Hostellerie du Chateau
      • Chateau les Bruyeres
      • Chateau de Sassetot
      • La Ferme St Simeon
      • La Maison de Lucie
      • Hotel le Cheval Blanc
    • Pays de la Loire >
      • Chateau de Saint Paterne
      • Chateau de la Barre
      • Manoir de Ponsay
      • La Maison Dovalle
      • Chateau de Boissimon
      • Chateau de l'Epinay
    • Picardy and Calais >
      • La Chartreuse du Val Saint Esprit
      • Chateau de Cocove Hotel
      • Hotel Clery Hesdin
      • Chateau de Fere
      • Chateau de Courcelles
    • Poitou Charentes and Limousin >
      • Chateau de Crazannes
      • Chateau de Mirambeau
      • Chateau de Nieuil
      • Pigeonnier du Perron
      • Chateau de Castel Novel
    • Provence >
      • Hotel Gounod
      • Hotel de Europe Avignon
      • Hotel Negresco
      • Beauvau Vieux Port Marseilles
      • Hostellerie Jerome
      • Chateau de Mazan
      • Chateau de la Pioline
      • Hotel des Augustins
    • Rhone Alpes >
      • Chateau de Bagnols
      • Abbaye de Talloires
      • La Clair de la Plume
  • Italy
    • Rome >
      • Albergo del Sole al Pantheon
      • Hotel de Russie
      • Grand Hotel de la Minerve
      • Bernini Bristol
      • Hotel d'Inghilterra
      • St Regis Grand Hotel
      • Hotel Eden
      • Antico Palazzo Rospigliosi
      • Castello della Castelluccia
    • Venice >
      • Hotel Danieli
      • Europa and Regina (now St. Regis)
      • Gritti Palace
      • Londra Palace
      • Palazzo Giovanelli
      • Locanda Vivaldi
      • Luna Baglioni
      • Al Ponte Antico
      • Villa Condulmer
      • Il Sogno di Giulietta Verona
      • Due Torri Verona
    • Florence >
      • Helvetia and Bristol Hotel
      • St Regis Florence
      • Hotel Porta Rossa
      • Astoria Florence
      • Hotel Degli Orafi
      • The Albergotto Hotel
      • Villa Aurora Fiesole
    • Tuscany >
      • Castello di Gargonza
      • Royal Victoria Hotel
      • Grand Hotel Continental Siena
      • Castello delle Serre
      • Castello di Gabbiano
      • Aia Mattonata Relais
      • Relais la Suvera
    • Umbria >
      • Castello di Petroia
      • Bosone Palace Hotel
      • Eremo delle Grazie
      • Brufani Palace
      • Castello di Monterone
      • Torre dei Calzolari
    • Southern Italy >
      • Hotel Luna Convento
      • Palazzo Murat
      • Grand Hotel Parkers
      • Grand Hotel Vesuvio
      • Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria
      • Imperial Hotel Tramontano
      • Grand Hotel Cocumella
      • Hotel Palumbo Ravello
    • Piemonte and Liguria >
      • Hotel Splendido Portofino
      • Imperiale Palace Hotel
      • La Sosta di Ottone III
      • Grand Hotel Majestic
      • Castello di Sinio
      • Palazzo Lovera
      • Castello San Giuseppe
      • Hotel Cannobio
    • Lombardy and Trentino >
      • Grand Hotel et de Milan
      • Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
      • Castello di Casiglio Erba
      • Grand Hotel Villa dEste
      • Grand Hotel Gardone
      • Hotel Post Bruneck
      • Parkhotel Laurin
      • Goldener Adler Bressanone
      • Castello di Carimate
    • Emilia Romagna >
      • Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati
      • Grand Hotel Majestic Gia Baglioni
      • Hotel Annunziata Ferrara
      • Hotel Posta
      • Ala d'Oro
    • Sicily >
      • Grand Hotel Timeo
      • San Domenico Palace
      • Eremo Della Giubiliana
      • Grand Villa Politi
  • Spain
    • Northern Spain >
      • San Francisco Hotel Monumento
      • Hostal dos Reis Catolicos
      • Hotel Maria Cristina
      • Hotel de Londres y Inglaterra
      • Parador de Hondarribia
      • Gran Hotel La Perla
      • Palacio de Luces
      • Palacio de Prelo
      • Hotel Casa del Marques
    • Southern Spain >
      • Las Casas de la Juderia
      • Hotel Alfonso XIII
      • Hotel Inglaterra Seville
      • Parador de Granada
      • Palacio de Mariana Pineda
      • Parador de Jaen
    • Madrid and Castile y Leon >
      • Ritz Hotel Madrid
      • Parador de la Granja
      • San Antonio El Real Segovia
      • Parador de Lerma
      • Castillo del Buen Amor
    • Central Spain >
      • Parador de Alarcon
      • Parador de Siguenza
      • Hotel Boutique Condes Fucares
      • Palacio Eugenia de Montijo
      • Casa de Orellana Trujillo
      • Parador Jarandilla de la Vera
    • Barcelona and Eastern Spain >
      • Palace Hotel Barcelona
      • Parador de Alcaniz
      • La Posada del Mar Valencia
      • Palau lo Mirador Hotel
      • Castell d'Emporda Hotel
      • Can Cuadros
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From Calamity Jane to Oliver Cromwell

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Listings are by surname except in the case of kings, queens and other monarchs. Hotels and other accommodation marked with an asterisk (*) denotes a particularly strong connection with the specific individual. Accommodation is within the United Kingdom unless stated otherwise.

Sir Winston Churchill (Imperial War Museums)Sir Winston Churchill: IWM
Calamity Jane. See Cannary, Martha Jane

Cannary, Martha Jane. 1852 – 1903. Controversial wild-west icon and frontierswoman, famous for her association with Wild Bill Hicock and the pseudonym “Calamity Jane”. The Pollard (USA) | The Occidental (USA) | The Irma Hotel (USA)

Capone, Alphonse (Al). 1899 – 1947. Prohibition-era American gangster most well-known for his alleged involvement in the St Valentines Day Massacre of 1929. The Hermitage Hotel (USA)

Carlos III. 1716 – 1788. Influential Spanish King who laid much of the foundations for the present-day nation. Parador de Lerma (Spain)

Carroll, Lewis. 1832 – 1898. Pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of the world-famous books Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. The Old Deanery | The Ravensworth Arms

Carson, Kit. 1809 – 1868. American frontiersman who also fought in both the Mexican-American War and Civil War. St. James Hotel of Cimarron (USA)

Carter, Howard. 1874 – 1939. Legendary Egyptologist responsible for the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Old Cataract Aswan (Egypt)

Caruso, Enrico. 1873 – 1921. Celebrated Italian Tenor who was equally famous both in Europe and the USA. *Hotel Vesuvio (Italy) | Grand Excelsior Vittoria (Italy) | Grand Hotel et de Milan (Italy)

Casanova, Giacomo. 1725 – 1798. Italian author from Venice most famous today for his numerous affairs and sexual conquests. Hotel Drei Mohren (Germany) | Hotel Annunziata (Italy) | Die Krone at Solothurn (Switzerland)

Cassidy, Butch. 1866 – 1908.  Leader of the Old West’s “Wild Bunch Gang”, and whose real name was Robert Leroy Parker. The Occidental (USA)

Catherine of Aragon. 1485 – 1536. First wife of King Henry VIII of England and the mother of Mary I. The Abbot’s House of Charmouth | Marygreen Manor | The Maid’s Head | The Catherine of Aragon Suite

Cezanne, Paul. 1839 – 1906. Celebrated French Post-Impressionist artist. Abbaye de Talloires (France)

Chaplin, Charlie. 1889 – 1977. English-born actor most famous for his silent films of the early-20th century. Cliveden | Mermaid Inn | Grand Hotel Eastbourne | Du Palais Biarritz (France) | Brufani Palace (Italy) | Gran Hotel La Perla (Spain) | Mena House Oberoi (Egypt) | Rosewood Country Inn (USA) | The Jefferson Hotel (USA)

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)Lewis Carroll: O G Rejlander
Charles I. 1600 – 1649. King of England from 1625 until his execution for high treason following the Second English Civil War. The Bear of Hungerford | King’s Arms of Stow | The Three Swans | The Angel and Royal | George of Stamford | *Saracen’s Head of Southwell | Red Lion at Henley | *Lygon Arms | Gwydir Castle | Red Lion Hillingdon | The White Hart Royal | Court House Manor

Charles II. 1630 – 1685. King of England from 1660 following the restoration of the monarchy after the death of Oliver Cromwell. Littlecote House | Star Castle Hotel | The Abbot’s House of Charmouth | The Fleece at Cirencester | Lainston House | The Abbott’s Fireside | Old Bull at Burford | The Old Hall of Madeley | New Hall | Amberley Castle

Charles V, King of France. 1338 – 1380. Militarily successful French monarch during the Hundred Years’ War. Chateau de la Pioline (France)

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1500 – 1558. Ruler of the Spanish Empire who abdicated in 1556. Parador de Jarandilla de la Vera (Spain)

Charles VII, King of France. 1403 – 1461. Medieval French monarch who was famously supported by Joan of Arc who he later failed to attempt to save from execution. Chateau de Chissay (France)

Charles VIII, King of France. 1470 – 1498. Also known as Charles the Affable. Chateau de Bagnols (France)

Charles IX, King of France. 1550 – 1574. Third son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici, crowned King of France at the age of 10. Chateau de Goudourville (France)

Charles The Bold. 1433 – 1477. Duke of Burgundy from 1467 whose wives included Margaret of York – the sister of Richard III of England. Chartreuse du Val Saint Esprit (France)

Charlotte, Queen. 1744 – 1818. Wife of King George III of England and mother of both George IV and William IV. *Queen Charlotte’s Orangery |
Red Lion at Henley

Charlotte Amelie, Queen of Denmark. 1650 – 1714. Wife of King Christian V and mother of King Frederick IV of Denmark. *Dronninglund Castle (Denmark)

Photograph of Arthur Conan DoyleConan Doyle: Arnold Genthe
 | The Red LionChateaubriand, Vicomte de. 1768 – 1848. French writer and diplomat, often considered to be the founder of French Romanticism. Chateau de la Ballue (France)

Chesterton, G K. 1874 – 1936. English writer and journalist most well known today for his humorous quotations. Housel Bay Hotel

Chopin, Frederic Francois. 1810 – 1849. Polish-born composer and virtuoso pianist. Grand Hotel Beauvau Vieux Port (France)

Christian IV, King of Denmark. 1577 – 1648. Denmark’s longest reigning monarch and father of Frederick III. *Palazzo Giovanelli (Italy)

Christian X, King of Denmark. 1870 – 1947. Also the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944. Hotel Randers (Denmark)

Christie, Agatha. 1890 – 1976. World-famous author of crime fiction and novels such as Murder on the Orient Express. Brown’s of Mayfair | Churston Court | Old Swan of Harrogate | Mena House Oberoi (Egypt)

Churchill, Lady Randolph. 1854 – 1921. American-born mother of Sir Winston Churchill. Ruthin Castle

Churchill, Sir Winston. 1874 – 1965. International statesman and venerated wartime leader of Great Britain, also renowned for several notable literary works. The Goring | The Langham London | Luton Hoo Hotel | The Greyhound | The Swan and Royal | *Bath Spa Hotel | Grand Hotel Eastbourne | The Old Ship | Camelot Castle |
Red Lion at Henley | Prestonfield | *Londonderry Arms | Nuit Blanche (Belgium) | Astoria Brussels (Belgium) | Chateau de Villersexel (France) | Abbaye de Talloires (France) | Hotel Negresco (France) | *Cecilienhof (Germany) | Hotel Eisenhut (Germany) | Gritti Palace (Italy) | Hotel Splendido (Italy) | Grand Villa Serbelloni (Italy) | Grand Villa Politi (Italy) | Reid’s Palace (Portugal) | Renvyle House (Republic of Ireland) | Old Cataract Aswan (Egypt)

Clement V, Pope. 1264? – 1314. Creator of the Avignon Papacy and opponent of the Knights Templar. Chateau de Goudourville (France)

Clement IX, Pope. 1600 – 1669. Held the Papacy for only two years. *Antico Palazzo Rospigliosi (Italy)

Cocteau, Jean. 1889 – 1963. French polymath, most noted for his 1929 novel Les Enfants terribles. Domaine de Kerbastic (France) | Domaine du Grand Malherbes (France) | Chateau de Courcelles (France) | Hotel de Russie (Italy) | Beau Rivage Geneva (Switzerland)

Cody, Buffalo Bill. 1846 – 1917. “Old West” icon most famous for his touring shows. St. James Hotel of Cimarron (USA) | The Pollard (USA) | Inn at Jim Thorpe (USA) | *The Irma Hotel (USA) | The Occidental (USA) | Cliff House at Pike’s Peak (USA)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. 1772 – 1834. Famous romantic poet and creator of two of English literature’s greatest epic poems: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. The Ship Inn at Porlock | *The Old House

Collette, Sidonie-Gabrielle. 1873 – 1954. Colourful French author and music hall performer, most noted for her novel Gigi. *Chateau de Castel Novel (France) | Hotel de la Cite (France)

Collins, Michael. 1890 – 1922. Irish revolutionary icon shot and killed by Anti-Treaty IRA fighters. *The Shelbourne (Republic of Ireland) | *Imperial Hotel Cork (Republic of Ireland)

Columbus, Christopher. 1451 - 1506. Italian explorer and navigator who famously pioneered the colonisation of the New World by Spain. Las Casas de la Juderia (Spain)

Conan-Doyle, Sir Arthur. 1859 – 1930. British author known primarily for his creation Sherlock Holmes and books such as The Hound of the Baskervilles. Castle Inn Lydford | Mena House Oberoi (Egypt)

Constable, John. 1776 – 1837. English landscape painter whose most famous works include The Hay Wain and Flatford Mill. The Swan of Fittleworth

Coolidge, Calvin. 1872 – 1933. Republican politician and 30th President of the United States of America. Lehmann House (USA) | The Jefferson Hotel (USA)

Cooper, James Fenimore. Iconic American author most noted for his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. *Imperial Tramontano (Italy) | Hotel Stern of Chur (Switzerland)

Corbett, James John. 1866 – 1933. Iconic American heavyweight boxer often referred to as “Gentleman Jim”. Sohotel NY (USA)

Coward, Noel. 1899 – 1973. English writer and performer who starred in numerous plays and films including The Italian Job. The Langham London | The Compleat Angler | Camelot Castle

Cromwell, Oliver. 1599 – 1658. “Lord Protector” of England following the Civil War and execution of King Charles I. The Greyhound | The Angel and Royal | Lygon Arms | The Hind | Dalhousie Castle | Kings Arms of Amersham |
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