Summary
THERE is no evidence for the implausible story that HP sauce is named after an impecunious gambler called Harry Palmer (Mail).
There's no mention of a Palmer in the history of the sauce which attributes the origin of the name to Garton, the Nottingham grocer who was told that a bottle of his sauce had been seen in a restaurant in the Houses of Parliament - hence HP.See the full content of this document
Extract
The Sauce of It! ; Letters
Garton worked in a poor part of Nottingham and was in debt to Edwin Moore of...
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