The Old Eagle Inn.
83 Howard Street, Glasgow. G1.
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The Old Eagle Inn was founded at leased 1818, as there was a gas bill in the old premises with that date on it. In the early years of the Eagle a Mr Wallace was proprietor followed by a Mr Tulloch, the licence was them transfered to his son. Edward McLaughlin took the inn over in 1879.
The original Old Eagle Inn, in Maxwell Street, with James Fraser as landlord, was a favourite resort of the nobility and gentry. In 1816 a rider called on Fraser to hire "a horse the length of Paisley," but Fraser retorted he "had some long horses but none so long as that." The upshot was that the rider came to grief outside the city, the horse having to be destroyed, and the damage came "to the length of £18."
A main of cocks was fought in the courtyard, with 1,000 guineas as stakes, between Provost Jacob Dixon of Dumbarton and Maule of Panmure. The latter was a reckless gambler and spendthrift. His family name was Ramsay, as being the second son of the Earl of Dalhousie, but on succeeding to an estate he took the name of Maule.
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