Jack Rattenbury, smuggler
Jack or John Rattenbury (1778 - 1844), nicknamed the Rob Roy of the West. Born in Beer, Devonshire, Rattenbury was in turn privateer, fisherman, pressed sailor in the Navy, and smuggler. He is credited with writing The Memoirs of a Smuggler, published in Sidmouth in 1837
Picture No
10511429
Media ID
46042308
Size
4200px x 4287px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, 20th September 1924, p 542
Date
C.1837
