Jack Rattenbury
Encyclopedia
Jack Rattenbury, nicknamed Rob Roy of the West (1778, Beer, Devon
- 1844) was an English smuggler. In 1837, with the help of a local Unitarian clergyman, he published his diaries as Memoirs of a Smuggler.
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Beer, Devon
The village of Beer is in south-east Devon, England, on Lyme Bay.- Location :The village of Beer is situated on the 95-mile long Jurassic Coast, England's first natural World Heritage Site and its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head, form part of the South West Coast Path.Beer lies about two...
- 1844) was an English smuggler. In 1837, with the help of a local Unitarian clergyman, he published his diaries as Memoirs of a Smuggler.
Life
Jack Rattenbury first went to sea aged nine. Back with his mother in Devon, he first became involved in smuggling aged sixteen. In 1800 he married Anna Partridge from Lyme RegisLyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...
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