Doggett, THOMAS, a capable English actor who died in 1721, but is chiefly kept in remembrance as the founder of a prize—'Doggett's Coat and Badge,' still annually competed for by watermen at a sculling-match on the Thames on the 1st August. The original bequest, made in 1716 in honour of the accession of George I., has been supplemented from other quarters.
Doggett, THOMAS
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 40
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