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Adams, John [alias Alexander Smith] (1768?–1829), seaman, mutineer, and settler  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Andrew Lambert

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Adams, John [alias Alexander Smith] (1768?–1829), seaman, mutineer, and settler, was born in London probably in 1768 and was serving under the name of Smith as an able seaman on HMS Bounty at the time of the mutiny on 28 April 1789 [...

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Clifford, George, third earl of Cumberland (1558–1605), courtier and privateer  

Peter Holmes

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Clifford, George, third earl of Cumberland (1558–1605), courtier and privateer, was born on 8 August 1558 in Brougham Castle, Westmorland, the eldest son of Henry Clifford, second earl of Cumberland (1517–1570), and his second wife, Anne (c.1538–1581), daughter of William, third Baron Dacre...

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Cornwell, John Travers [Jack] (1900–1916), naval hero  

Richard Davenport-Hines

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Cornwell, John Travers [Jack] (1900–1916), naval hero, was born on 8 January 1900, at Clyde Cottage, Clyde Place, Leyton, Essex, the son of Eli Cornwell (1852–1916), tram driver and soldier, originally from Newmarket, and his wife, Lily King (d. 1918). His siblings included at least two brothers (one of whom was killed in action in August 1918) and a sister. He was educated at ...

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Crawford, John [Jack] (1775–1831), sailor and naval hero  

Keith Gregson

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28 September 2006

Crawford, John [Jack] (1775–1831), sailor and naval hero, was born on 22 March 1775 at a house on Thornhill Bank in the east end of Sunderland, co. Durham, the son of a keelman. At an early age Crawford also worked on the keelboats that carried coal on the ...

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Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–1594), privateer, explorer, and naval commander  

James McDermott

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–1594), privateer, explorer, and naval commander, was descended from John Frobisher (b. c.1260), a Scot settled in lands near Chirk in Denbighshire granted in recognition of his services to Edward I during the Welsh wars. In the mid-fourteenth century the family crossed the ...

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Goodall, Thomas (1767–1832?), naval officer and privateer  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Roger Morriss

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Goodall, Thomas (1767–1832?), naval officer and privateer, was born at Bristol, educated by a Revd Mr Thomas, and was intended by his father to be a lawyer; but at thirteen he ran away from school, and shipped on board a privateer bound for the ...

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Morgan, Sir Henry (c. 1635–1688), privateer and colonial governor  

Nuala Zahedieh

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Morgan, Sir Henry (c. 1635–1688), privateer and colonial governor, was the eldest son of Robert Morgan of Llanrhymny, Glamorgan.

Nothing certain is known about Morgan's education, although he later claimed that it was limited, and that having left school young, he was '...

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Nicol, John (1755–1825), sailor  

Henry Baynham

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Nicol, John (1755–1825), sailor, was born at Currie, near Edinburgh, the third of five children. His father was a cooper who died about 1780, and his mother died in childbirth when he was very young. Both his parents were Scottish. His father appears to have tried to give all his children a good education but ...

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Rogers, Woodes (c. 1679–1732), privateer and colonial governor  

Gail Saunders

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Rogers, Woodes (c. 1679–1732), privateer and colonial governor, was born in Bristol, the son of Woodes Rogers (bap. 1650, d. 1706), probably a sea captain, and his wife, Frances (probably née Eyre). His great-grandfather, John Rogers of Poole, had married Ann Woods...

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Snell, Hannah [alias James Gray] (1723–1792), sexual impostor  

Julie Wheelwright

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Snell, Hannah [alias James Gray] (1723–1792), sexual impostor, was born on 23 April 1723 in Friar Street, St Helen's, Worcester, the eighth of nine children of Samuel Snell, a hosier, and his wife, Mary Williams. Robert Walker's biography of Snell's life, first published in 1750, provides a clue to what might have shaped ...

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Talbot, Mary Anne [alias John Taylor] (1778–1808), sailor and soldier  

Julie Wheelwright

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Talbot, Mary Anne [alias John Taylor] (1778–1808), sailor and soldier, was born on 2 February 1778 at 62 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, the youngest of her mother's sixteen children. Mary Anne was purportedly the illegitimate daughter of William Talbot, the first earl of Talbot...