The Marquis of Granby
| The Marquis of Granby | |
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  The Marquis of Granby  The Marquis of Granby | |
| General information | |
| Address | 2 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′05″N 0°08′05″W / 51.518059°N 0.134680°W |
The Marquis of Granby is a public house at 2 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1. The pub is named after John 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 any longer.[1]
The poet and playwright T. S. Eliot is associated with the pub.[2] According to Time Out, the poet Dylan 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]
The pub appears on chapter XXVII of the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.
References
- ^ "What's in a pub name?". This is Kent. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Rustin, Susanna (7 August 2012). "Walking tour of London's literary pubs". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ Rutter, Alan (17 March 2008). "Treasure hunt: literary Fitzrovia". Time Out. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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