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MORGAN ,' See also:SIR See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY (c. 1635-1688), Welsh buccaneer, and See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of See also:Jamaica, was the eldest son of See also:Robert Morgan of Llanrhymny in See also:Glamorganshire. He is said to have been kidnapped as a boy at See also:Bristol and sold as a slave at Barbadoes, thence making his way to Jamaica, and is possibly to be identified with the See also:Captain Morgan who accompanied the expedition of See also:John See also:Morris and Jackman when Vildemos, See also:Trujillo and See also:Granada were taken. In 1666 he commanded a See also:ship in See also:Edward See also:Mansfield's expedition which seized the See also:island of See also:Providence or See also:Santa Catalina, and when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spaniards shortly afterwards Morgan was chosen by the See also:buccaneers as their " See also:admiral." In 1668 he was commissioned by Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Modyford, the governor of Jamaica, to See also:capture some See also:Spanish prisoners, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to discover details of the threatened attack on Jamaica; and See also:collecting ten See also:ships with 500 men See also:south of See also:Cuba, he landed and marched to Puerto Principe, which he took and pillaged; and afterwards accomplished the extraordinary feat of taking by See also:storm the fortified and well-garrisoned See also:town of See also:Porto See also:Bello on the mainland. The governor of See also:Panama, astonished at this daring See also:adventure, in vain attempted to drive out the invaders, and finally Morgan consented to evacuate the See also:place on the See also:payment of a large See also:ransom. These exploits had considerably exceeded the terms of Morgan's See also:commission and had been accompanied by frightful cruelties and excesses; but the governor endeavoured to See also:cover the' whole under the See also:necessity of allowing the See also:English a See also:free See also:hand to attack the Spaniards whenever possible. Morgan was almost immediately entrusted with another expedition by Modyford against the Spaniards, and proceeded to ravage the See also:coast of Cuba. In See also:January 1669 the largest of his ships was blown up accidentally in the course of a carousal on See also:board, Morgan and his See also:officers narrowly escaping destruction. In See also:March he sacked See also:Maracaibo, and afterwards See also:Gibraltar. Returning to Maracaibo, he found three Spanish ships waiting to intercept him; but these he destroyed or captured, recovered a considerable amount of treasure from one which had sunk, exacted a heavy ransom as the See also:price of his evacuating the place, and finally by an ingenious stratagem eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyford. The Spaniards on their See also:side were moreover acting in the same way, and a new commission was given to Morgan, as See also:commander-in-See also:chief of all the ships of See also:war in Jamaica, to See also:levy war on the Spaniards and destroy their ships and stores, the See also:booty gained in the expedition being the only pay. Accordingly, after ravaging the coast of Cuba and the mainland, Morgan determined on an expedition to Panama. He recaptured the island of Santa Catalina on the 15th of See also:December 167o, and on the 27th gained See also:possession of the See also:castle of See also:Chagres, killing 300 of the See also:garrison. Then with 1400 men he ascended the Chagres See also:river, and after overcoming perils and obstacles of all kinds he appeared before Panama on the 18th of January 1671, defeated a much larger force than his own, and took the See also:city. The fame of this brilliant exploit was, however, again obscured by abominable scenes of See also:cruelty and debauchery, during which a galleon containing a consider-able See also:part of the booty escaped. Moreover, on returning to Chagres the members of the expedition found themselves cheated of their See also:fair See also:share of the spoil,' while Morgan escaped with a
' Cal. of St Pap. See also:America &+ See also:West Indies 1669-1674, Nos.,580 and 798; Exquemelin (ed. 1898), 237.
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few ships to Jamaica, leaving the See also:rest to get See also:home as best they could. On his return he received the thanks of the governor and See also:council; but meanwhile on the 8th of See also:July, 167o, a treaty had been signed between See also:Spain and See also:England, and both Mod,yford and Morgan were ordered home under See also:arrest to See also:answer for their conduct. Morgan, however, soon succeeded in gaining 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 favour, and in the autumn of 1674 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Jamaica and was knighted, leaving England in December. After such a career as his it is not surprising that Morgan's conduct as a responsible See also:official of the See also:government was not very creditable. He was charged by See also:Lord See also:Vaughan, afterwards See also:earl of Carbery, the governor, soon after his See also:appointment, of persisting in encouraging privateering; he intrigued against his colleagues and successive See also:governors of Jamaica, with the See also:hope of superseding them; raised factious dissensions; and supported the outrageous conduct of his See also:brother, Captain See also:Charles Morgan, a terrible See also:ruffian, and his kinsman, See also:Colonel Byndlos, taking part in their brawls and drunken orgies. He was finally, on the 12th of See also:October 1683, suspended in Jamaica from all his employments; a decision which was See also:con-firmed by the government at home after See also:hearing Morgan's See also:defence; but he was restored to his place in the council on the 18th of July 1688, shortly before his See also:death, which took place in See also:August.
See A. O. Exquemelin (one of Morgan's buccaneers), Buccaneers of America (1684, reprinted in 1891); A. Morgan, See also:History of the See also:Family of Morgan (1901).
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