Edward Hunt

(1758 fl.)

LBT ID: EdHunt1758
SOURCES: Pierce Egan, Boxiana: or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (1812)
A lightweight boxer active between 1746 and 1758; he is mentioned in Samuel Johnson's “Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747.”
REFERENCES TO Edward Hunt: Lord Byron to Lord Holland, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 4 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1812