Strange employment in 1921 census

[Kingsclere]

Would you be willing to give us his name, so that we can look at the entry for ourselves?

Sure, it's William Henry Goddon.

[Stanwix England]

The newspapers from that time have adverts for that address. For example, the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser has an advert from Friday 12 August 1921.

REDLINE MOTOR SPIRIT
For cars and cycles
Efficiency and economy
Union petroleum products
Head Office: Waterloo House, 16 Charles Street, Haymarket, SW1

It's quite a prominent advert, with a little picture of an oil can, so the company must have had a fair bit of money to be able to put it in.

I guess if Waterloo House was an office, there could have been other businesses located out of there.

Weird. The only reference I found was mention of that address in a Wikipedia article that the secret service (MI5) were based there 1916-1919!

How weird.

The adverts for a petroleum company at that address go on until the late 1930s from what I can see, although it becomes the British Mexican Petroleum company at some point.

[garden genie]

Would you be willing to give us his name, so that we can look at the entry for ourselves?

Sure, it's William Henry Goddon.

Transcribed as Gordon on Findmypast.

[maddys52]

Strand Hotel Limited did have it's address as Charles St Haymarket - at least in 1930 when it was sued for slander.
Wednesday,  Apr. 9, 1930
Publication: The Daily Telegraph

[Kingsclere]

That’s very helpful, maddys52. Confirms there was indeed a hotel there.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Pig wash is just another term for pigswill. I never thought about the word "hogwash" before but it obviously used to mean the same thing.

[maddys52]

That’s very helpful, maddys52. Confirms there was indeed a hotel there.

I was thinking it may not have been the actual hotel, but rather the "head office".

"Incorporated 1907 as Strand Hotel Limited.
Renamed Strand Hotels Limited in 1968.
Shares purchased by J Lyons and Company Limited from
1922 and later became subsidiary.
The hotel chain was sold to Trust House Forte in 1977.
See J LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED and REGENT PALACE
HOTEL"

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Things-to-do/lma-business-a-to-z-listing.pdf  (page 279)

[Kingsclere]

Ah, that makes sense; thanks.
I still think it’s a strange description of his employers business. Appropriate for their clientele, perhaps! 

That’s very helpful, maddys52. Confirms there was indeed a hotel there.

I was thinking it may not have been the actual hotel, but rather the "head office".

"Incorporated 1907 as Strand Hotel Limited.
Renamed Strand Hotels Limited in 1968.
Shares purchased by J Lyons and Company Limited from
1922 and later became subsidiary.
The hotel chain was sold to Trust House Forte in 1977.
See J LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED and REGENT PALACE
HOTEL"

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Things-to-do/lma-business-a-to-z-listing.pdf  (page 279)

[ColinBignell]

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I was thinking it may not have been the actual hotel, but rather the "head office".

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Limited companies also have a Registered Office, which is an address where all written communications can be sent. It does not have to be an office that is operated by the company, but can be the address of an agent of the company, such as their solicitor. Thus, more than one company can have the same Registered Office.

No idea why an hotel would need the services of a pig swill collector though.