PLUNDERING NAMESAKES OF STUART MCAULIFFE’S COMPANIES

John Bridgeman

is an alias for Henry Avery, sometimes known as John Avery, John Every or Benjamin Bridgeman – an Englishman and slave trader dubbed “the King of Pirates” who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid1690s.

Henry Morgan

was a Welsh “privateer”, who was sanctioned to raid Spanish ships and settlements on behalf of the Kingdom of England in the 1660s-70s. Bounties from his plundering made him extremely wealthy and he went on to become Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Namesake of the popular spiced rum, which bears the motto “To Life, Love and Loot”.

Benjamin Hornigold

was an English pirate in the early 1700s whose second-in-command was Edward Teach, the pirate known as Blackbeard. In 1718, Hornigold teamed up with the Governor of the Bahamas and returned to the seas as a pirate hunter.

Ching Shih

was also known Zheng Shi, Cheng I Sao and Madame Ching, was a Guangzhou prostitute who was kidnapped by pirates, married one of them and herself became one of the most successful pirates in history, commanding the Red Flag Fleet of up to 300 ships and 40,000 pirates.

Bartholomew Roberts

was a Welsh pirate who took over 400 vessel prizes during the early 1700s.

Samuel Axe

was an English privateer who also served with the English forces in the early 1630s. He was involved in an expedition which saw privateers capture Jamaica.

William Kidd

was a Scotsman who was executed for piracy despite some arguing he was not a pirate at all. He was reportedly sent by King WIlliam III to catch pirates and take their ships, but fell into trouble.

John Hawkins

was an admiral in the Royal Navy of England. He designed and fought on ships that withstood the Spanish Armada and was knighted for his gallantry in one of England’s most famous wartime victories.