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 any longer.[1]
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| Address | 2 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51.518059°N 0.134680°W |
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.
In 2013 it was reported by the "favourite pub" of British politician Nigel Farage.[4]
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.
- "Local elections 2013: Nigel Farage's Ukip surges to best ever showing, winning 150 seats". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013.
