Talk:Duke of Rutland

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Quote "The most notable Marquess of Granby was John Manners, (1721-1770). An accomplished soldier and popular figure of his time, his title was honoured by being used by a very large number of public houses throughout Britain."

I saw a television programme which showed such a public house and there was a story that the reason for many public houses being so named was something about him sponsoring retired soldiers in some manner, possibly to become innkeepers, and that the naming of the public houses was a result of this. Does anyone know any more about this please?

Songwriter 17:50 4 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Correct, he used his influence to get many of his ex-soldiers/often those retired due to wounds posts as innkeepers (whose responsibility at that time was very different as they also ran the supply of post/horsesAlci12 21:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

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