The Greatest Man in the World

Document Ref: ACC10188/3/27 at the Keep Archive is listed as ‘Miscellaneous Printed matter collected by Captain James Ryder Mowatt.’  Mowatt (1755-1823) was the barrack-master at Eastbourne between 1797 and 1810. He was an experienced soldier have seen action with the Kings American Rangers during the American War of Independence.  The Mowatt papers include a flyer for…