Ned Ludd

Engraving of Ned Ludd, The Leader of the Luddites, 1812

Ned Ludd (sometimes referred to as Ned Lud, among other names) is the legendary, fictitious person to whom the Luddites in England attributed the name of their movement.

In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. When the Luddites emerged in the 1810s, his identity was quickly appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder.

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