The Earl of Sandwich lived between 1718 to 1792. The British have always
been avid gambler. It fits right in with their idea of sports and sportsmanship
- basically a British philosophy.
But the Earl of Sandwich overdid it even by lofty British standards. During
his betting days, taking meals was considered by him a highly unwelcome
interruption. So he went ahead and invented a kind of meal not requiring
him to exchange the betting table for the dinning table: the sandwich
