Royal Horseguards Hotel Royal Horseguards Hotel The Royal Horseguards Hotel is a 5-star London hotel situated in the area of Whitehall. It is operated by Guoman Hotels, a subsidiary of Thistle Hotels. Whitehall Court was constructed as a block of luxury residential apartments in 1884 by the Liberal MP and property developer Jabez Balfour. The building's construction was the centrepiece of an elaborate pyramid scheme for fraud by Balfour, through the Liberator Building Society which he controlled. In 1892 the Society collapsed, leaving thousands of investors penniless. Instead of advancing money to home buyers, the Society had advanced money to property companies to
Edward Lawrence Levy (fraudster) household effects were badly in need of refurbishment. Levy was sentenced to a further five years' penal servitude. At the end of his life, he had sunk to lending small sums of just a few pounds, preying on the young and naive, and receiving stolen goods of low value which he needed because of his own reduced circumstances. He died in Wormwood Scrubs just five months later, on 20 October 1892, leaving £275. Edward Lawrence Levy (fraudster) Edward Lawrence Levy ( – 20 October 1892) was a British solicitor convicted of forgery, fraud and perjury. Along with two of his