History

The Cheshire Public House Trust Company was founded in 1902 by the fourth Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey

Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey

Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since Canadian Confederation....

. His mission statement was: "to improve on standards offered by the average British inn, to offer value for money and to distribute a percentage of profits to charity".

The first trust to be set up was British Trust Hotels. Nine businessmen invested in this company and half the shareholding was settled in trust to ensure that a percentage of the profits were indeed distributed to charitable organisations.

Paddy Crerar joined North British Trust Group Ltd as a trainee and worked his way up the ranks; appointed Managing Director of British Trust Hotels in October 1999 and Group Managing Director (Chief Executive) of North British Trust Group in April 2003.

Paddy acquired a shareholding in NBTG Ltd early on. This later helped him take a controlling interest in the company which became Crerar Hotels following the sale of a number of properties to Swallow Hotels

Swallow Hotels

Swallow Hotels are a hotel chain managed by Crerar Management Ltd.The company is an Edinburgh-based hotel company with a portfolio of 18 hotels, operating in the three and four star sector....

 in August 2005.

Substantial charitable donantions are still made by the British Hotels Trust, which owns shares in the business.

Hotels

See below a list of Crerar Hotels:

• Ben Wyvis Hotel, Highlands
  Scottish Highlands
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• Chevin Country Park Hotel & Spa, Yorkshire
  Yorkshire
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• Eight Acres Hotel & Leisure Club, Moray
  Moray
  Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
  
  
• The Craiglynne Hotel, nr Aviemore
  Aviemore
  Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
  
  
• Isle of Mull Hotel & Spa, Oban
  Oban
  Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...
  
  
• Loch Fyne Hotel & Spa, West Coast Scotland
  Scotland
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• Oban Bay Hotel & Spa, Oban
  Oban
  Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...
  
  
• Scotland's Hotel & Spa, Pitlochry
  Pitlochry
  Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564....
  
  , Perthshire
  Perthshire
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• The Deeside Inn, Ballater Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire
  Aberdeenshire
  Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...