Hotel d'Angleterre (Hotel of England)

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-12-07 Diary Coverage: Up to 1873-02-20

One of the prestigious hotels in Nice during the 1870s, and one of two hotels where Marie believed the Duke of Hamilton was staying during the winter season of 1873.

Mentions in the Diary

• February 20, 1873: Marie learns that the Duke is staying either at the Hotel d'Angleterre or the Hotel de la Grande-Bretagne, based on information about Gioia visiting him there.

Historical Context

The Hotel d'Angleterre was another of Nice's grand hotels catering to the British aristocracy and wealthy European visitors. Like the Hotel de la Grande-Bretagne, its name reflected the dominant British presence in Nice's winter resort society.

These hotels served as social hubs where aristocratic visitors would:

• Receive callers in their private suites
• Dine in elegant restaurants
• Attend social events
• Maintain the elaborate visiting and calling rituals that structured their social world

For a young woman like Marie, knowing which hotel a gentleman of interest was staying at was valuable social intelligence, even if social conventions prevented her from visiting or making direct contact.

%%2025-12-07T12:20:00 RSR: Research needed on exact location and whether this hotel still exists or under what name%%