Admiral Duncan pub

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The Admiral Duncan is a pub in Old Compton Street, Soho in the heart of London's gay district. It is named after Admiral Adam Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797.

This is a historical view of the many landlords that were at the Admiral Duncan, 38 Old Compton Street.

1839/Sarah Sims/../../../Pigots Directory

1881/William C Smith/Licensed Victualler/33/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census.

1881/Esther A Smith/Wife/33/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census.

1881/Esther E J Smith/Daughter/9/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census.

1881/Alfred S Smith/Son/8/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census.

1881/Agnes M Smith/Daughter/10 months/Soho, Middlesex/Census.

1881/Bertha M Simonson/Nurse Maid/16//Census.

1881/Emily Field/General Servant/18/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census.

1881/Eleanor M Beathey/Barmaid/24/Westminster/Census.

1881/William Morris/Potman/22/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census.

1882/Wm C Smith/../../../Post Office Directory .

1884/Arthur J Trout/../../../Post Office Directory .

1891/Jas Betts/../../../Post Office Directory .

1895/Jas Betts/../../../Post Office Directory .

1899/Joseph Henry Arthur Dempsey/../../../Post Office Directory .

1910/Lucian Rizzi/../../../Post Office Directory .

1915/Mrs Fanny Rizzi/../../../Post Office Directory .

1934/Morris Moore/../../../Kelly's .

On April 30, 1999, it was the scene of a bomb blast when David Copeland, as part of a series of bombings against gay people and ethnic minorities, detonated a nailbomb which killed three people (including a pregnant woman) and wounded around 70.

It was once in the ownership of the Scottish & Newcastle Brewery but changed hands in 2004 and is now owned by the Tattershall Castle Group.

The place has changed from the picture - it has been repainted bright pink. Also, Westminster City Council made the Admiral Duncan and all other bars in Soho take down their gay flags. The Council claimed to be enforcing a rule requiring permits for flagpoles.

Bar manager David Morley, who survived the bombing, was murdered in London on October 30, 2004 [1].

[edit] External links

• The BBC on the Soho bombing
• Personal experiences of a medic after the attack
• The Admiral Duncan in genealogical census listings

See also: List of terrorist incidents.