Template:Did you know nominations/Ellenborough Park Hotel

Ellenborough Park Hotel

 * ... that Baron Ellenborough (pictured), once Governor General of India, made changes to Southam House (now Ellenborough Park Hotel) and then funded it as a private girl's school?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 18:52, 22 June 2013 (UTC). Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Minella bianca
 * Symbol question.svg 6523 characters, created and expanded 20-22 June, article is well cited with inline citations, and the first part of the hook checks out. However, I cannot find anything in this source that says Baron Ellenborough himself funded it as an all-girl's school (rather, it only says: "Dating from 1500, it has been the home of the Earl of Ellenborough (in the 1830s), a private girls’ school and a hotel that became progressively more tired until it was bought by the present owners, a group of investors, in 2008."). The source also seems to indicate that it was an Earl, not a Baron, that did the changes. This should be addressed before promotion (please correct me if I'm wrong). Thanks,  Ruby  2010/  2013  20:01, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The Earl is the same person as the Baron Earl of Ellenborough is a redirect.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  05:46, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but that doesn't yet address my other point about the source discrepancy mentioned above (it's not clear whether he funded the school). In short, "Later, it functioned as a private girls' school, funded by Ellenborough himself" is not supported by the source (at least that I can see). Thanks,  Ruby  2010/  2013  04:12, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Other sources suggest that this hook is incorrect. C.f.  "Following Edward Law’s death, Southam House and the landed estates at Southam, Oxenton and Prescott were rented out ... In 1947 a Miss Bellamy opened The Oriel Private School for Girls on the site, which was in existence for just twenty five years." Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 12:41, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ... that Southam House, once owned by Baron Ellenborough, who had been Governor General of India, was converted into a private girl's school before it became the Ellenborough Park Hotel? --Rosiestep (talk) 17:15, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article new enough, long enough, fully referenced. Hook verified against online source. Image apparently falls within WMF's definition of PD. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:12, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Striking original hook just to be safe; leaving ALT1. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:32, 7 July 2013 (UTC)