Greyhound Pub

The Greyhound was a public house (popularly known as "The Spotted Dog"), in High Street, Old Portsmouth, England. It is famous as the site of the murder of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham in 1628. It is now a hotel.

Greyhound Pub
General information
TypePublic house
CountryEngland

Architecture and conservation

The building is timber-framed,[1] but this is not evident from outside as it has been refronted. It became a private building called Buckingham House and was listed under that name in 1953.

In letters

The murder site was toured by the famous diarist and Royal Navy administrator Samuel Pepys in 1662. Pepys was accompanied by his wife Elisabeth, along with his Republican clerk Tom Hayter and wife, and the Earl of Sandwich's Puritan secretary John Creed (Pepys' Diary, 3 June).[2]

Present

The building bears a commemorative plaque to mark the assassination.[3] It is now a hotel.[1]

Notes and references
  1. www.yespotteddogge.co.uk/
  2. Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: the Unequalled Self, London: Viking, 2002
  3. Backhouse, Tim. "Old Portsmouth—Duke of Buckingham". Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 August 2009.

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