A Spaniard, a Swiss hotelkeeper, and the question of becoming British On 1 June 1835, a man sitting in the Prince of Wales Hotel in Leicester Place, just off Leicester Square, began a letter. “My Lord, Being desirous of applying to Parliament for an Act of Naturalization…” His name was Baron de Arabet. He hadContinue reading “The Baron at the Prince of Wales Hotel”
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