Shortly before the Scottish Referendum in September 2014, a copy of Settle’s "Carmen Irenicum: The Union of the Imperial Crowns of Great Britain", a poem supporting the union of England and Scotland that is dedicated to the monarch Queen Anne, went on sale for £3,250. In 2015 a new Wetherspoons pub in Dunstable was going to be called "The Elkanah Settle", until it was realised that the Hollywood actor Gary Cooper also had a connection with the town (he attended the local grammar school), so the tavern was named "The Gary Cooper" instead.