 In January 1959 , Patrice Lumumba , the Prime Minister of Congo , stayed at the hotel and met with Sir Edward Adjaye , the Ghanaian High Commissioner in London and others in the restaurant . The event was picketed by Mosleyites , who in concern with human rights issues in Congo at the time , demonstrated outside of the hotel , displaying banners such as " RAPERS OF CHILDREN – GO HOME " and issuing racial epithets . Adjaye was attacked as he left the hotel , although it has been speculated that he was mistaken for Lumumba . 
