The earliest record of the Duke’s Head Hotel is contained in an article the Kentish Chronicle dated 1794.
Article in the, Kentish Chronicles, 22 April, 1794.
Wednesday died at Margate, Mr. William Adams, many years master of the "Duke's Head," at that place.

Death: Jan 30, at Margate, Mrs. M'Adams, of the "Duke's Head" public house there.
Kentish Gazette 23 February 1819.
All persons to whom Elizabeth MacAdams, late of the "Duke's Head Inn," in Margate, widow, deceased, stood indebted at the time of her deceased, are requested to send the amount and particulars of their debts showing to them respectively, to Mr. Dering, solicitor, Margate, on all before Monday next, in order to an arrangement for the immediate settlement of the affairs of the deceased.

In 1878 the Duke’s Head and the adjacent Pier Hotel were combined to become the Grand Hotel. <1>

Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 4_17 (Map). SKE56389.

<1> Dover Kent Archives, 2024, Duke's Head Hotel, Margate (Website). SKE57139.