Richard “Galloping Dick” Ferguson was initiated into highway robbery by Jerry Abershaw, and the pair became a notorious menance to the roadways of Britain.
Galloping Dick was so named for his superior horsemanship. He was also reportedly a decent gambler, and very popular with the ladies (McLynn, Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England).
I have included the 1810 biography from the Newgate Calendar of this dubious Regency Sex Symbol.
(The New Newgate Calendar: Being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious …, Volume 4, 1810).
More:
http://www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/dick_ferguson.htm
