Felix William Spiers

Felix William Spiers[1] (born London, England 1832, died Paris, France 1911) was a British restaurateur and hotelier.

Spiers' family originated in Glasgow, Scotland in the very early 18th century. One of the family moved to France, where he dealt in tobacco. Later family members were born in Calais, Dunkerque, Boulogne, France and in England. After his death his wife, Constance Albertine Spiers, donated money to the town of Belle-Ile, an island off the coast of Brittany, for a lifeboat which was named after him.[2] His father was Felix Theodore Benjamin Augustus Spiers, born at Calais, in 1797, a shipbroker and merchant, agent in London for the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company.

  1. ^ R. G. Spiers (2008) Spiers and Pond. Also private family history records.
  2. ^ Stations et canots de sauvetage. Memoires du commandant Couraud, REMEMBER 1914–1920 Arch. Jouan et Arch. Dep. Mhan[clarification needed]