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Royal Court Hotel is now the Sloane Square Hotel.
This four star hotel was the hotel of choice for the Beatles on their many trips to London from June 1962 to the summer of 1963; being on the fashionable Sloane Square.
They first came here on June 5th 1962, in preparation for their first recording session with George Martin at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the following day.
Chelsea and the Kings Road was already a very fashionable area and the Beatles had time to explore the boutiques, restaurants and bars that attracted the rich and famous.
In early September 1962, they recorded their first single, ‘Love Me Do’ at EMI.
By early 1963, the Beatles had become nationally famous, especially after ‘Please Please Me’ reached number one in the UK charts, and their trips to London had to become much more frequent.
The Royal Court Hotel remained the Beatles London base until the summer of 1963, when they transferred to the President Hotel in Guilford Street, Bloomsbury.
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Residents at this address.
In 1901 at 8, 9 and 10 Sloane square,
George B Ballard, Hotel proprietor aged 44 and born in Newbery, Berkshire
Annie Ballard, Wife aged 35 and born in West Hoathley, Sussex
George B Ballard, Son, aged 13 and born in West Hoathley, Sussex
Mabel Ballard, Daughter aged 12 and born in West Hoathley, Sussex
Harold Ballard, Son, aged 11 and born in West Hoathley, Sussex
+ Visitors, Maids etc
Fulham Chronicle. 10 November 1905
Royal Court Hotel, 8, 9 and 10 Sloane square SW, George Barnard Ballard to Amos Ballard
In 1911 at the Royal Court Hotel Chelsea, Chelsea
Amos Ballard, Hotel proprietor aged 46 and born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Elizabeth Matilda Ballard, Wife aged 45 and born in Sheerness
Eric Amos Ballard, Son, Valet aged 19 and born in London
Violet Matilda Ballard, Daughter, Assistant aged 18 and born in London
Edgar Charles Ballard, Son, Apprentice aged 17 and born in London
Marjory Ballard, Daughter aged 13 and born in London
Ivy Clarice Ballard, Daughter aged 11 and born in London
Julia Mary Ballard, Daughter aged 9 and born in London
Leslie Edward Ballard, Son aged 2 and born in London
Audrey Emma Ballard, Daughter aged 1 and born in London
Morning Advertiser. 06 May 1914
The Royal Court Hotel, 8, 9 and 10 Sloane square, Chelsea from Amos Ballard to Sarah Louise Hocker