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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.
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 ...
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 .
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 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 Salisbury was well known as a gay-friendly pub from Oscar Wilde's time up until the mid-1980s. [5] The 1961 British suspense film Victim, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, includes scenes inside and outside The Salisbury and was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual".
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.
Shield was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, County Durham, the son of William Shield and his wife, Mary, née Cash.He was first taught music by his father but, after both he and his mother died while Shield was still a child, he was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in South Shields, continuing however to study music with Charles Avison in Newcastle upon Tyne.