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John Clerihue - innkeeper at The Star and Garter

Personal data
Name
John Clerihue

Died April 14, 1769
Biography

Sometime vintner and owner of The Star and Garter in Writer's Court, Edinburgh, which was apparently "a favourite resort of the magistrates and town councillors"1 and of the lawyers as well.2. The pub was even mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. 

Life with Boswell

In his journal for February 5, 1767, Boswell reported going to Clerihue's (i.e. The Star and Garter) to meet with William Wilson and "Bryce, a client".

  • 1See Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant, volume 1, p. 187 of the six-volume edition
  • 2Footnote to entry February 5, 1767 in [BSW]
  • 1See Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant, volume 1, p. 187 of the six-volume edition
  • 2Footnote to entry February 5, 1767 in [BSW]

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals. 

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