Thomas Pascoe (1847–1938)[1] was an Englishman who initially worked in the Royal Navy for seven years and also witnessed the opening of the Suez canal.
After he left the naval service, he migrated to the United States, where he became a hotel developer and proprietor in California.
He rose to the rank of chief steward and served for seven years as the head of his department in the naval ship "the man-of-war."
He then sold his interests in Ukiah and moved to Pleasanton, California, and leased the Rose Hotel, which he operated for a year and a half.
He then opened his own hotel establishment called the Clifton House, which was located at the corner of Temple and Fort streets.
[1] The Fremont Hotel, located in the Bunker Hill suburb, was built and designed by the architect John C. Austin and developed by Thomas Pascoe.
The plans for building the hotel were developed in November 1901 and initially faced resistance from the next door Olive Street School establishment.
[2] When newly built, it was billed as "the newest and most elegantly appointed family hotel in Los Angeles.
"[5] On 21 January 1903, the hotel was the venue of a banquet organised in honour of John Fremont, the builder of Los Angeles from the arid desert lands.