Edward Morgan (governor)
Edward Morgan was a Welsh politician and uncle of the
Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II. His daughter Mary married his nephew Henry Morgan, and his daughter Joanna Wilhelmina married Henry Archibold, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the English Army who rose to prominence in the early English colony of Jamaica.[1]
Sir Thomas Modyford, then Governor of Jamaica, and who would later grant Henry Morgan a letter of marque, considered Edward Morgan a dear and loyal friend. On the eve of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, Jamaica hosted numerous privateers, and although English officials despaired of their presence, Modyford and Morgan believed them to be a useful security for the otherwise vulnerable colony. [2]
Hostilities between the English and Dutch in 1664 led to a change in government policy: colonial governors were now authorised to issue letters of marque against the Dutch.[n 1] Although many privateers did not take up the letters, Morgan led a 600-man force to conquer the Dutch islands of Sint Eustatius and Saba in late 1665.[4] Morgan died in December 1665, and his nephew Thomas Morgan, cousin of Henry Morgan,[5] became governor of the two islands.[6]
Notes
- ^ The hostilities led to the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667).[3]
References
- ^ Cruikshank 1935, p. 51.
- ^ Sainsbury 1880, pp. 207–210, 218.
- ^ Latimer 2009, p. 146.
- ^ Latimer 2009, p. 148.
- ^ Pope 1978, p. 344.
- ^ Goslinga 2012, pp. 38–39.
Books
- Cruikshank, Ernest Alexander (1935). The Life of Sir Henry Morgan, by Brig.-General E. A. Cruikshank. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada.
- ISBN 978-0-674-03403-7.
- ISBN 978-0-396-07566-0.
- Goslinga, C. C. (2012). A Short History of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam. The Hague: Springer. ISBN 9789400992894.
- Sainsbury, W. Noel (1880). Calender of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, 1661-1668: Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. London: Longman.
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