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Dunstan, Jeffrey (1759?–1797)  

Maker: T. Wilkes

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Jeffrey Dunstan (1759?–1797) by T. Wilkes, pubd 1794 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Dunstan, Jeffrey (1759?–1797), hawker and ‘mayor of Garrett’  

G. F. R. Barker

revised by Anita McConnell

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Dunstan, Jeffrey (1759?–1797), hawker and ‘mayor of Garrett’, was a foundling reared in the parish workhouse of St Dunstan-in-the-East, in the City of London. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to a greengrocer, but he ran away to Birmingham, where he worked in the factories. The heavy labour probably added to his deformities, for as an adult he had knock knees, a large head, and grew to a height of only ...