Editing Claridge's (section)

===Founding===
Claridge's traces its origins to Mivart's Hotel, which was founded in 1812 in a conventional London [[terraced house]] and grew by expanding into neighbouring houses. In 1854, the founder (the father of biologist [[St. George Jackson Mivart]]) sold the hotel to William and Marianne Claridge, who owned a smaller hotel next door. They combined the two operations, and after trading for a time as "Mivart's late Claridge's", they settled on the current name.

The reputation of the hotel was confirmed in 1860, when [[Empress Eugenie]] made an extended visit and entertained [[Queen Victoria]] at the hotel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/claridges-an-opulent-hotel-where-every-polished-corner-tells-a-story-8395674.html |title=Claridges: An opulent hotel where every polished corner tells a story |publisher=[[The Independent]] |work=independent.co.uk |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222161711/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/claridges-an-opulent-hotel-where-every-polished-corner-tells-a-story-8395674.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In its first edition of 1878, [[Baedeker]]'s London listed Claridge's as "The first hotel in London".<ref>{{cite web |author=Louis Gerber |url=http://www.cosmopolis.ch/travel/london/claridge_s.htm |title=Claridge's |publisher=Cosmopolis.ch |date=1 September 2004 |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112014348/https://cosmopolis.ch/claridges/ |url-status=live }}</ref>