Joseph Hudson (tobacconist)
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Joseph Hudson (1778–1854) was a veteran of the battle of the Glorious First of June and later a tobacconist to the British royal family who ran a cigar divan in Oxford Street, London.
Hudson was born in 1778. In 1794 he was a midshipman in the Royal Navy who served under Admiral Earl Howe during the battle of the Glorious First of June (Loutherbourg, 1794) between the British and French navies during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]
Career
Hudson was a tobacconist to the British royal family. His premises were at 132 Oxford Street[3] where he ran a cigar divan frequented by sporting figures.[1][2]
