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Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond

Then known as the Count and Countess de Neuilly, and formerly Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and his queen Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, the couple and their entourage stayed at the Star and Garter while Maria recovered from the effects of the water at Claremont House.


Sir John Whittaker Ellis, 1st Baronet

Born on 25 January 1829, Ellis was the fifth son of Joseph Ellis, owner of the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond, Surrey, from 1830–1847 and lived in Byfleet for some years at Petersham House (built in High Road c. 1859 and now a Lloyds Bank).


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