If you are referring to the Sandwich shop called "The Earl of Sandwich"... here's is what the website says...
About UsIn 1762, John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, had his hands full, literally. As First Sea Lord, he commanded the mighty British Navy, was a noted explorer, and also a dedicated gambler with a love of day long card games.This led to little time for food, so he came up with the ingenious idea (some say at the card table) of putting meat between two slices of bread. From then on it did not matter if you were fighting a great sea battle or laying down a Royal Flush, you could eat great food without too much fuss.
Thus in 1762, the sandwich was named after its inventor, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Now 250 years later, the current 11th Earl and the Sandwich family remain passionate about the world's most popular quick food that carries their name and have developed the sandwich everyone has been waiting for…
The World's Greatest Hot Sandwich®We had a lunch at the Earl of Sandwhich in Downtown Disney (Orlando, FL) during our honeymoon, and thought they were pretty good! :)
The eponym that the fourth Earl of Sandwich gave his name to is the "sandwich." The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, is said to have popularized the concept of placing meat between two slices of bread so that he could eat without interrupting his gambling. This convenient meal quickly caught on and became known as a sandwich in his honor.
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John Montagu (1718-92), Fourth Earl of Sandwich
An example of an eponym is "sandwich," named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who is said to have requested meat between two slices of bread so that he could eat without interrupting his gambling game.
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The first written usage of the English word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a 'Sandwich'. It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although he was not the inventor of the food. It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, while eating without getting his cards greasy.
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a sandwich! he gambled for 24 hours and only ate meat between toast the whole time. they named this after his estate- sandwich. not his name.
The term "sandwich" originated from Earl of Sandwich, who ate without leaving his card game. #Pizzainhorsham
The fourth Earl of Sandwich who did not want to leave the gambling tables and asked for some cold meat between two slices of bread, recorded in 1762
Sandwich Islands was just the name that James Cook gave to Hawaii, not knowing the native name for the islands he named them in honor of his boss the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was the First Lord of the Admiralty.
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