Channel triumph, meanwhile,
his rival Captain Boyton also
set off from Westminster to
swim the Thames. A couple
of months earlier, in May
1875, he had already crossed
the Channel and become an
international celebrity –
although unlike Webb he did
it wearing a rubber life-
saving suit. While Webb is
included in the International
Swimming Hall of Fame as
an Honour Swimmer, Boyton
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