Man, Alexander (London)
From AngloScottish
| Dates | c.1660-1714 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Coffee-house keeper | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Elizabeth | ||
| Issue | Edmund; Charlotte; Mary | ||
| Place of birth | Source | B. Lillywhite, London Coffee Houses: A Reference Book of Coffee Houses of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries (London, 1963), 351-7 |
Said to have followed General Monck to London at the Restoration. Established a coffee-house (supposedly only the second in the City/Westminster) near Charing Cross, c.1666, which was variously known as the Royal Coffee House, Man's Coffee House and Old Man's Coffee House, and possibly also Jenny Man's Coffee House. Obtained the first royal warrant to supply coffee, to Charles II, in c.1675. Wife and children succeeded him in running it. Possible synonymous with Man, Alexander.
