| The Marquis of Granby | |
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.jpg) The Marquis of Granby | |
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| Etymology | FromJohn Manners, Marquess of Granby |
| General information | |
| Location | 2Rathbone Street,Fitzrovia, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′05″N0°08′05″W / 51.518059°N 0.134680°W /51.518059; -0.134680 |
The Marquis of Granby is apublic house at 2Rathbone Street,Fitzrovia, London, W1. The pub is named afterJohn Manners, Marquess of Granby. He is popularly supposed to have more pubs named after him than any other person – due, it is said, to his practice of setting up old soldiers of his regiment as publicans when they were too old to serve.[1]
The poet and playwrightT. S. Eliot is associated with the pub.[2] According toTime Out, the poetDylan Thomas was a regular visitor, who frequented the pub to meet guardsmen who were cruising for gay partners, and then start fights with them.[3]
A pub of the name inDorking appears in Chapter XXVII ofThe Pickwick Papers (1836) byCharles Dickens.[4]
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