MORGAN  ,' See also:

• SIR

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

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, was the eldest son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Morgan of Llanrhymny in See also:

• GLAMORGANSHIRE (Welsh Morganwg)

Glamorganshire . He is said to have been kidnapped as a boy at See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

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 (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Morgan who accompanied the expedition of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris and Jackman when Vildemos, See also:

• TRUJILLO
• TRUJILLO, or TRUJILLO
• TRUJILLO, or TRUXILLO

Trujillo and See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada were taken . In 1666 he commanded a See also:

• SHIP

ship in See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• MANSFIELD
• MANSFIELD, RICHARD (1857-1907)
• MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, 1ST EARL

Mansfield's expedition which seized the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence or See also:

• SANTA

Santa Catalina, and when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spaniards shortly afterwards Morgan was chosen by the See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers as their " See also:

• ADMIRAL

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 (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture some See also:

• SPANISH

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

collecting ten See also:

• SHIPS

ships with 500 men See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

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 (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm the fortified and well-garrisoned See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• PORTO

Porto See also:

• BELLO, ANDRES (1781–1865)

Bello on the mainland . The governor of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, astonished at this daring See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, in vain attempted to drive out the invaders, and finally Morgan consented to evacuate the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a large See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom . These exploits had considerably exceeded the terms of Morgan's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission and had been accompanied by frightful cruelties and excesses; but the governor endeavoured to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the' whole under the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of allowing the See also:

• ENGLISH

English a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

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 (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Cuba . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1669 the largest of his ships was blown up accidentally in the course of a carousal on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, Morgan and his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers narrowly escaping destruction . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March he sacked See also:

• MARACAIBO (sometimes MARACAYBO)

Maracaibo, and afterwards See also:

• GIBRALTAR

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
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

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
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side were moreover acting in the same way, and a new commission was given to Morgan, as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of all the ships of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in Jamaica, to See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy war on the Spaniards and destroy their ships and stores, the See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

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 (Lat. decent, ten)

December 167o, and on the 27th gained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of See also:

• CHAGRES

Chagres, killing 300 of the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . Then with 1400 men he ascended the Chagres See also:

• RIVER

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 (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The fame of this brilliant exploit was, however, again obscured by abominable scenes of See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty and debauchery, during which a galleon containing a consider-able See also:

• PART

part of the booty escaped . Moreover, on returning to Chagres the members of the expedition found themselves cheated of their See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the spoil,' while Morgan escaped with a ' Cal. of St Pap . See also:

• AMERICA

America &+ See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies 1669-1674, Nos.,580 and 798; Exquemelin (ed . 1898), 237 . II few ships to Jamaica, leaving the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest to get See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home as best they could . On his return he received the thanks of the governor and See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council; but meanwhile on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July, 167o, a treaty had been signed between See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and both Mod,yford and Morgan were ordered home under See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

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 (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was not very creditable . He was charged by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• VAUGHAN, CHARLES JOHN (1816-1897)
• VAUGHAN, HENRY (1622-1695)
• VAUGHAN, HERBERT (1832-1903)
• VAUGHAN, THOMAS (1622-1666)
• VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (1577-1641)

Vaughan, afterwards See also:

• EARL

earl of Carbery, the governor, soon after his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, of persisting in encouraging privateering; he intrigued against his colleagues and successive See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of Jamaica, with the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of superseding them; raised factious dissensions; and supported the outrageous conduct of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Captain See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Morgan, a terrible See also:

• RUFFIAN (Fr. ruffian, It. ruffiano)

ruffian, and his kinsman, See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Byndlos, taking part in their brawls and drunken orgies .

He was finally, on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1683, suspended in Jamaica from all his employments; a decision which was See also:

• CON

con-firmed by the government at home after See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing Morgan's See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence; but he was restored to his place in the council on the 18th of July 1688, shortly before his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took place in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . See A . O . Exquemelin (one of Morgan's buccaneers), Buccaneers of America (1684, reprinted in 1891); A . Morgan, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• FAMILY

Family of Morgan (1901) .