Publican of The Intrepid Fox in Wardour Street where he died. An ardent supporter of the politician, Charles Fox he named his pub after him.
carries a transcription of "The Life of Sam House" published a short while after Sam's death in 1785. It's quite long so we've only scanned it but he appears to have been very active socially and politically, and an eccentric.
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James Hall (Co-op)
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1 memorial
Rodney's Head pub
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Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE
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The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
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