Re: [Cz-L] Hotel Bristol

"The first known Hotel Bristol was in Place Vendôme in Paris. It opened in 1816 and became a favourite of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, who had a suite there. When it closed in 1916, its name was fought over, and finally won by Hippolyte Jammet,[3] who opened Hôtel Le Bristol Paris in nearby Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, today one of the city's five-star palace hotels.

Two possible origins of the name are the association with the English port-city of Bristol, and Frederick Hervey, the fourth Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730–1803). According to his biographer, "So widely famed was the Bishop as a traveller, and so great his reputation as a connoisseur of all good things, that Lord Bristol's hotel...came to be the best known and regarded in every city or town where he sojourned and was thus the precursor of the Hotels Bristol to be found all over Europe. Lord Bristol died in Italy at the start of the Napoleonic wars (1803–15), which interrupted the Grand Tour. The Bristol in Paris was one of many opened in the ensuing peace, hoping to re-establish the Continental tourist trade. The fact that many hotels, such as the Bernini Bristol in Rome, use the coat of arms of the City of Bristol in their logos leads to speculation that they are named after the city and not the Earl-Bishop. But there is no evidence that
 the Bristol family ever granted use of their arms to any hotel, while the city's coat of arms can freely be adopted to give an aristocratic image."

Hope this helps.

Shelley
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On Fri, 3/28/14, David Glynn <glynn_at_spontini.co.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Hotel Bristol
 To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>, "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
 Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
 Date: Friday, March 28, 2014, 6:09 AM
 
 Can anyone tell me why a hotel in
 Czernowitz should have been named after a city in England?
 
 David

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