Walter Parsons, aka The Staffordshire Giant with Sir Jeffrey Hudson famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus".

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Walter Parsons, aka The Staffordshire Giant, 7 feet 6 inches, left, alive during the reign of king James I and a bodyguard to the king, with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, right, 1619 – English court dwarf at the court of Queen Henrietta Maria. Famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus". From The Strand Magazine published 1894.

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