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Captain Jeffrey Hudson: Court Dwarf, Wonder, Entertainer, Courtier, Captain of Horse and Caroline England’s Greatest Man
In this episode, listen to St. Andrews History PhD student, Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart, as they tell the forgotten life story of the Greatest Man from the Smallest County in all of England, Jeffrey Hudson. As a young boy of only 1 1/2 foot tall, at the age of 7 his life changed forever when Charles I friend, the Duke of Buckingham, had him become his household dwarf before showing him at a royal banquet, which saw him given a new position as court dwarf and wonder (someone celebrated for looking physically different but not considered a monster) in Queen Henrietta Maria’s royal household…
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