Downstream

reached Chelsea Suspension
Bridge, received a ‘salute
from the pier guns’. After
three miles he had a rest, then
got on to a boat and returned
to the water at Hammersmith
before arriving triumphant at
Richmond.
Boyton was born in 1848,
although it’s disputed if this
was in Ireland or the United
States, and was known as ‘the
Fearless Frogman’. A
‘showman and adventurer’,