E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Granby.
The Marquis of Granby. A public-house sign in honour of John Manners, Marquis of Granby, a popular English general (1721–1770).
1
The Times says the old marquis owes his sign-board notoriety “partly to his personal bravery and partly to the baldness of his head. He still presides over eighteen public-houses in London alone.”
2
Old Weller, in Pickwick, married the hostess of the “Marquis of Granby” at Dorking.
