The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

GREAT MEN.

1530.—1 n this year, a man named William Sutherland,
died in Scotland, said to have been of the height of nine
feet five inches.

1702.—Hugh Oge Maclean, a native of Rasharkin,
died in that parish, who was nine feet seven inches
high. Within memory, in making some alterations on
the wall of the churchyard of Rasharkin, some of his
bones were dug up, the great size of which confirmed the
relations of tradition regarding his great height. The
skull is reported to have been upwards of an inch in
thickness.

1750.-Died, at Malden, in Essex, Edward Bright, who
weighed 46st. 101 b.
1754.-Died, at Stebbing, Essex, Jacob Powell, who
weighed 40st.
17 63.-Benjamin Bowen, died at Holt, Dorsetshire.
He weighed 34st. 41b.
1766.-Died at Worcester, Mr. Baker. His weight
is not exactly known, but he is said to have been some-
thing larger than Bright.
1775.-Mr. Spooner, of Shuttington, Warwickshire,
died, who weighed 40st. 91b.
1778.-In July, a Young woman was shown in Belfast,
seven feet six inches in height.
1780.-About this time, two brothers, of the name of
Knight, natives of Moneymore, were exhibited in seve-
ral towns in the north of Ireland, as a show. They
were each seven feet six inches in height. In Money-
more was also born Charles Burns, who measured eight
feet six inches in height : he also travelled as a show.
1781.-Died at Ballynahinch,William Forgie. aged 50
years, who weighed 42st. 31b. His coffin was six feet
L•-ro inches across.
178;..-Died in William-street, Dublin, Mr. Goff, sup-
posed, at the ~..!•443 of his death, to be the largest man in
the British domin;LZ7-2, His coffin was six feet eight
in length, and one yard 4:thl a quarter over the breast.
It took twelve men to carry hi., coffin to the grave.
1784.-Died, at Brookhill, bisburn, Lovelace
Love, who weighed upwards of 40st. •
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1787.-A man named Barry died at Cork; Of y
an equal size as Mr. Goff.
1793.-Died, in November, at Bcaumaris,
Lewis, who weighed 40st.
1796.-Died, in September, at Cork, James Fitzge-
rald, supposed the fattest man in the kingdom. His
waistcoat had frequently been buttoned round three men.
1798.-Died, in April, at Lambeth-road, St. George's-
fields, Joseph Leckey, measuring, when living, six feet
six inches in girth, and six feet in height.
1798.-Died, at Nottingham, aged 49, George Mad-
dock. The breadth of his coffin was three feet four
inches, and the depth two feet three inches.
1802.-Died. Samuel M`Donaltl, alias Big Sam. He
was well proportioned, and was six feet ten inches in
height.
1806.-Died, at the Hotwells, Bristol, Patrick Cotter,
who travelled under the name of O'Brien. He was a
native of Kinsale, and was commonly called the Irish
Giant, being eight feet one inch in height. In his bills
it was always given out that he was nine feet.
1809.-Died suddenly, at Leicester, Daniel Lambert,
aged 39 years. He weighed 52st. 111 b. He measured
three feet one inch round the leg, and nine feet four round
the body.
1822.-A young Frenchman was exhibited in London
of the height of seven feet four inches.
1829.-Died, in August, at Bolton, aged 34 years,
Charles Hamilton, a native of the county Down, seven
feet six inches in height. He was exhibited in Belfast,
come years before his death, along with a Mrs. Cooke, an
English lady, of nearly equal height.
1829.-Died, at Swansea, Joseph Sewell ; he was seven
feet four inches high, and weighed 5181 b.

1840.—May, a young man, enlisted into the 79th re-
giment in Limerick, six feet seven inches high.
1840.—Novembev, at Llanlinan' near Alnwick, a
human skeleton was found in a kind of stone coffin, in a
high state of preservation, seven feet six inches in length.