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See also:KIDD, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM [See also:CAPTAIN' KIDD (C. 1645—1701), See also:privateer and pirate, was See also:born, perhaps, in See also:Greenock, See also:Scotland, but his origin is quite obscure. He told See also:Paul See also:Lorraine, the See also:ordinary of Newgate, that he was " about 56 " at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of his condemnation for piracy in 1701. In 1691 an See also:award from the See also:council of New See also:York of £150 was given him for his services during the disturbances in the See also:colony after the revolution of 1688. He was commissioned later to See also:chase a hostile privateer off the See also:coast, is described as an owner of See also:ships, and is known to have served with See also:credit against the See also:French in the See also:West Indies. In 1685 he came to See also:London with a See also:sloop of his own to See also:trade. See also:Colonel R. See also:Livingston (1654-1724), a well-known New York See also:land-owner, recommended him to the newly appointed colonial See also:governor See also:Lord Bellomont, as a See also:fit See also:man to command a See also:vessel to cruise against the pirates in the Eastern seas (see PIRATE).
Accordingly the " See also:Adventure See also:Galley," a vessel of 3o guns and 275 tons, was privately fitted out, and the command given to Captain Kidd, who received the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:commission to See also:arrest and bring to trial all pirates, and a commission of See also:reprisals against the French. Kidd sailed from See also:Plymouth in May 1696 for New York, where he filled up his See also:- CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
- CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)
crew, and in 1697 reached See also:Madagascar, the pirates' See also:principal See also:rendezvous. He made no effort whatever to See also:hunt them down. On the contrary he associated himself with a notorious pirate named Culliford. The fact would seem to be that Kidd meant only to See also:capture French ships. When he found none he captured native trading vessels, under pretence that they were provided with French passes and were See also:fair See also:prize, and he plundered on the coast of See also:Malabar. During 1698—1699 complaints reached the See also:British See also:government as to the See also:character of his proceedings. Lord Bellomont was instructed to apprehend him if he should return to See also:America. Kidd deserted the "Adventure " in Madagascar, and sailed for America in one of his prizes, the "Quedah See also:Merchant," which he also See also:left in the West Indies: He reached New See also:England in a small sloop with several of his crew and wrote to Bellomont, professing his ability to justify himself and sending the governor See also:booty. He was arrested in See also:July 1699, was sent to England and tried, first for the See also:murder of one of his crew, and then with others for piracy. He was found guilty on both charges, and hanged at See also:Execution See also:Dock, London, on the 23rd of May 1701. The See also:evidence against him was that of two members of his crew, the surgeon and a sailor who turned king's evidence, but no other witnesses could be got in such circumstances, as the See also:judge told him when he protested. " Captain. Kidd's Treasure " has been sought by various expeditions and about
14,000 was recovered from Kidd's See also:ship and from See also:Gardiner's See also:Island (off the E. end of See also:Long Island); but its magnitude was palpably exaggerated. He left a wife and See also:child at New York. The so-called ballad about him is a poor See also:imitation of the See also:authentic See also:chant of See also:Admiral Benbpw.
Much has been written about Kidd, less because of the See also:intrinsic See also:interest of his career than because the agreement made with him by Bellomont was the subject of violent See also:political controversy. The best popular See also:account is in An See also:Historical See also:Sketch of See also:Robin See also:Hood and Captain Kidd by W. W. See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell (New York, 1853), in which the essential documents are quoted. But see PIRATE.
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