Henry Morgan
Welsh pirate (1635-1688)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Welsh privateer who raided Spanish settlements across the Caribbean and became filthy rich doing it. Morgan's plundering empire eventually landed him the lieutenant governor post in Jamaica, where he parlayed his pirate profits into sugar plantations.
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Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner and, later, the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, from which he profited. With the prize money and plunder from these raids, Morgan purchased three large sugar plantations in Jamaica.
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