The Marquis of Granby

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.^[1]

The Marquis of Granby
The Marquis of Granby
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Etymology	From John Manners, Marquess of Granby
General information
Address	2 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia
Town or city	London
Country	England
Coordinates	51.518059°N 0.134680°W / 51.518059; -0.134680

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 (1836) by Charles Dickens.^[4]

See also

• Pub names

References

1. "The Marquis of Granby – history". Marquis-Covent Garden. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
2. Rustin, Susanna (7 August 2012). "Walking tour of London's literary pubs". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. Rutter, Alan (17 March 2008). "Treasure hunt: literary Fitzrovia". Time Out. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. Dickens, Charles. The Pickwick Papers – via Wikisource.