Flemings Mayfair is a

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located in

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History

In 1851, Robert Fleming owned and ran a lodging house at number 10 Half Moon Street (believed to have originated in 1730). Robert Fleming started running what he called a 'private hotel' in 1855, at 9 & 10 Half Moon Street Post Office London Directory (Small Edition), 1852 From 1855 to 1857,

George Hudson George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferr ...

, MP for Sunderland, owned apartments in the hotel. Hudson, famed as the 'Railway King', was a fraudster who had his downfall when he was discovered to have falsified railway company share prices. He stayed at Flemings when it was not possible for him to be arrested due to his appointment as MP The Railway King: A Biography of George Hudson by Robert Beaumont, 2002, Headline Review In 1964,

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fiction ...

published '' At Bertram's Hotel'', about an up-market hotel which serves as a front for

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. Christie's official biography claims Flemings as the model for the eponymous hotel, based on correspondence between Christie and her

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Edmund Cork. 7, 8 and 9-12 Half Moon Street were originally Georgian townhouses and have been listed Grade II on the

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since March 1980. The rear of the hotel at 39-42 Clarges Street, is also listed Grade II.

Restaurants and other facilities

Ormer Mayfair is under the direction of Executive Chef Sofian Msetfi. Ormer Mayfair was awarded four AA Rosettes in September 2022; has been featured in the

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2022 and voted one of the top five restaurants in London by the Harden's Restaurant Guide.

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