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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.
Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby PC (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a British Army officer and politician. The eldest son of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland , as he did not outlive his father and inherit the dukedom , Manners was known by his father's subsidiary title, Marquess of Granby .
47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden: 1772 II Rose Street, Covent Garden The Marquis of Clanricarde: Mid-19th century II 36 Southwick Street, Paddington The Marquis of Granby: 2 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia The Mitre, Bayswater: Mid 19th century II 24 Craven Terrace, Bayswater Nag's Head, Covent Garden: c.1900 II 10 James ...
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. [1] It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden". [2]
The entries in this tabulation cover some 150 years in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the private residents of Covent Garden included many people of rank and note. They ranged from marquesses to barons, foreign ambassadors and members of parliament to physicians, surgeons, antiquaries, artists, authors and dramatists.
1st Duke of Rutland and Marquess of Granby, 9th Earl of Rutland: Barony de Ros abeyant, 1687: Frances Coningsby d. 1715 Countess Coningsby: John Manners 1676–1721 2nd Duke of Rutland and Marquess of Granby, 10th Earl of Rutland: Frances (Coningsby) Hanbury Williams 1707/8–1781: John Manners 1696–1779 3rd Duke of Rutland and Marquess of ...
The 8th Duke of Rutland's banner as Knight Companion of the Garter, now on display at Belvoir Castle. Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, KG, TD (16 April 1852 – 8 May 1925), styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.
The White Lion, 2008. The White Lion is a pub in Covent Garden, London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.. There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839, [1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under the rampant lion at the top of the building.