The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a hotel and restaurant in Perth, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building dating to 1773.Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) Guide to the City and County of Perth, p. 19The Scots Magazine, Volume 70, DC Thomson (1808), p. 318GEORGE STREET 47-51 (E SIDE) ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL (ODD NUMBERS) – Historic Environment Scotland Its main entrance is on George Street,Association and Enlightenment Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700–1830, Bucknell University Press, though its Tay Street frontage, overlooking the River Tay, is more well known. It is named for George III. It adjoins a reputed section of Perth City Walls.
Notable visitors to the hotel include Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, her husband, Albert, Prince Consort, and their children, who stayed there on 29 September 1848,The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood (1849), p. 39 during their journey south after holidaying at Balmoral Castle.The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Thomas Hay Marshall and Henry Adamson (1849), p. 483Royal George Royalty – The Royal George Hotel (William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town and, thus, they were unable to stay at Scone Palace, just under two miles to the north.) It was Victoria's first time staying in a hotel. After breakfast at the hotel the following morning, the family left for Carlisle on the recently built Scottish Central Railway. Then named The George Inn,The Tradesman, Volume 6 (1811), p. 343Traditions of Perth, George Penny (1836), p. 142 the business was renamed The Royal George Hotel in her honour. (The street adjacent to the property on its southern side is named George Inn Lane.) Both the Royal Warrant and two lamps from the room the monarch slept in are still in the hotel today.
Queen Victoria returned to Perth in 1864 to unveil a statue of her husband, who died three years earlier, at the North Inch.Albert, Prince Consort, Statue To, North Inch – Historic Environment Scotland
Local architect Donald Alexander Stewart, in partnership with Robert Matthew Mitchell, undertook some reconstruction work on the hotel in 1927.Donald Alexander Stewart - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, dined at the hotel in 2003.
The hotel has 45 rooms.Accommodation – The Royal George Hotel
The hotel regularly host events for right and far-right UK political parties, including events for the Scottish Conservatives, the launch of the British National Party Holyrood Manifesto in 2011, and the Reform UK Scottish Party Conference in 2024.
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See also List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
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Main entrance on George Street – Google Street View, March 2019 View from Tay Street – Google Street View, March 2019