{"id":40,"date":"2021-11-04T03:39:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T03:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allegrarosenberg.com\/polar\/?p=40"},"modified":"2021-11-06T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:08:04","slug":"henry-peglars-beer-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allegrarosenberg.com\/polar\/2021\/11\/04\/henry-peglars-beer-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Peglar’s Beer Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Out of pure curiosity, I transcribed this 40-page reminiscence<\/a> written by a seaman (possibly a steward)* who served on HMS\u00a0Wanderer<\/em>\u00a01839-44, alongside Hodgson, Peglar, and Gibson. None of them turned up until the very last page, when the anonymous author gave the following memory of Peglar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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H Peglar opened a beer house in Westminster and after the beer was all gone, went to the North Pole and perished with Sir John Franklin and others of the ill fated polar expedition.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On RTFE, Russell Potter pointed out that this new fact aligns with a reference in the Peglar papers: “grog shop that stood opporsite\u2026. my bisness to a P. R. thar the b\u2026 was a parlor Ht. (?)neping over young wines”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell suggested that “P.R.” might indicate the person that Peglar sold his business to before leaving on the expedition. He was born and raised in Westminster<\/a>, so it would make sense that’s where he’d open his “grog shop” in the first place: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the help of Logan Zachary, I used the handy Pubwiki website to track down at least one venue that first opened as a beer-house in 1844: The Trevor Arms<\/a> at the corner of Charles Street and Knightsbridge High Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I corresponded with an archivist at the Westminster City Council archives who informed me that “The number closest to Charles Street listed is 26 which is a Public House called the Rising Sun. In 1844\u2019s issue the listed name after The Rising Sun is Henry Austin Adams and in in 1845 it is William Bacchus.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course it’s still entirely possible that The Rising Sun was indeed Peglar’s pub and that Adams and\/or Bacchus were business partners of his. Or perhaps it’s a red herring! If we take the reminiscence as truth, then Peglar only had the beer hall open for less than a year (July 1844-April or May 1845), which seems like it would make it hard to find, especially if it was a temporary ownership or some kind of limited lease or managership, or even an unlicensed venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the name “The Trevor Arms” (the name from the original Pubwiki\u00a0page), an advertisement was put up in April 1845 for help wanted\u2014which might have indicated that\u00a0Peglar\u00a0was leaving and required a replacement…\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unless it was a totally under-the-table operation, or perhaps Peglar was involved only in person and not in name, records of the business are still likely to exist, and hopefully I get the chance to investigate further when I visit London in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(*The papers are in the Admiral George H Douglas papers held by the National Maritime museum, and while Douglas did serve on the Wanderer <\/em>at the right time in between passing his examination and being promoted, this was clearly not written by him, and may have been given to him as a gift by the author later in life.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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