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 This City Centre hotel is situated in the most exclusive pocket of the Edinburgh's New Town. There, amongst magnificent Georgian architecture which is adjacent to Charlotte Square, is the business district where Scotland's First Minister has his residence. The hotel is a grade A listed building of historical significance, it is the former home of John Wilson, Professor of Law and Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University whose pen name was Christopher North (thus the name of the hotel). This Georgian Townhouse spans over five floors and each room is designed and decorated to a high standard, some rooms are bold and dramatic but all are sophisticated and elegant and in keeping with the period. |
 Whatever your reason for staying with us may be, we are very central just five minutes walk to Princes Street and the Castle, with George Street (the Bond Street of the North) even closer for shopping, eating or clubbing. However, once you are back at the hotel it is calm and relaxing and very quite at night because there is very little traffic thanks to the one-way system. You can have a drink at our Bar or dine in our Restaurant or choose to visit the Leisure Club.
Who was Christopher North? Christopher North was the pen-name of John Wilson, Scottish essayist, poet, fiction writer and editor, who made his mark on nineteenth century Edinburgh society by his flamboyant personality and his lively, if sometimes preposterous essays and stories. |
 Though he trained for the law and was called to the bar, his real interest was literature. He was especially associated with Blackwood's Magazine, founded with his help in 1817. In 1820 he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University, and although he was no philosopher his eloquent and histrionic lectures on moral problems and human passions aroused the enthusiasm of fascinated audiences. |
 He was a man of great physical strengths and energy, and something of this energy, combined with his own special brand of effusive sentimentality, spilled over into his writing. He was one of the great characters of Edinburgh in the age of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Cockburn. His statue, over the name of John Wilson, stands in Princes Street Gardens between the Scott Monument and the Royal Scottish Academy. |
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