Rosa Lewis

[7] One day, Rosa chased Lady Randolph's then ten-year-old, red-haired son Winston out of her kitchen, shouting "Hop it, copper knob.

[2] However, the Cavendish Hotel biography states they first met while she was employed by Philippe, Comte de Paris; he complimented her for the excellence of the dinner.

[8] Richard Hillary knew her during World War II, and wrote in The Last Enemy: Lewis died in her sleep on 8 November 1952 at the age of 85.

[10] The 1976-77 BBC television series, The Duchess of Duke Street, starring Gemma Jones, was loosely based on her life.

[11] It is said that some of the scenes in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, in which she appears as her fictional counterpart Lottie Crump,[12] were also inspired by the Cavendish Hotel under Lewis' management.

[13] On 16 November 2006, Gemma Jones unveiled Westminster City Council's Commemorative Green plaque to Lewis, near the entrance to the old hotel in Jermyn Street.