Guest Register: Bay Hotel 1950-59: Analysing the guest register with regard to people that stayed at the Bay Hotel in Pevensey Bay is a magical journey into the past glory of the place that was a home from home to some famous socialites of the country in the 1950s. The register, as a social history document in relation to the Life and Times of Pevensey Bay in the 1950s, may become an interesting resource to researchers, visitors to the Bay Hotel and residents. —Bay Life, 28 March 2018
Aly Khan: Socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, third husband of actress Rita Hayworth
Lynda Leventon, who as a child lived at the hotel with owners Stan and Muriel Love from 1954—1971 is going through the register, line by meticulous line today, from her home in Hampshire.
First discovery is that Prince Aly Khan stayed at the hotel in 1955. Known as Aly Khan, he was a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, the leader of the Nizārī Ismā’īlī Muslims, a sect of Shia Islam, and the father of Aga Khan IV.
He was a socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, and also the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth. After being passed over for succession as Aga Khan, he served as the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, where he became a vice president of the General Assembly.
Lynda comments, “just got the register back …opened it at 1955…and saw Prince Aly Khan stayed with us..I was only 6 then, so don’t remember him.”
BAY HOTEL REGISTER: PEVENSEY BAY
1955, Line 6
Prince Aly Khan: Son of Aga Khan: Socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, third husband of actress Rita Hayworth, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations,
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