Henry Pearce [The Game Chicken]

(1777-1809)

LBT ID: HePearc1809	B/BAP: 1777-05-07 DIED: 1809-04-30
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (June 1809) 580; Wikipedia
Of Bristol, English prize-fighter who suffered from alcoholism; his nickname probably derived from his signing himself “Hen” for Henry.
REFERENCES TO Henry Pearce [The Game Chicken]: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. III: 1805 Found 6: ¶ n1 ¶ n2 ¶ 62 ¶ 63 ¶ n1 ¶ n2