1688 - 1718
Stede Bonnet Barbadian Criminal
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Details
| First Name |
Stede
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| Last Name |
Bonnet
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| Full Name at Birth |
Stede Bonnett
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| Alternative Name |
The Gentleman Pirate, Captain Thomas, Captain Edwards
|
| Birthday |
30th November, 1687
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| Birthplace |
Bridgetown, Barbados
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| Died |
10th December, 1718
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| Place of Death |
White Point Garden, Charles Town, West Virginia
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| Cause of Death |
Execution by hanging
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Nationality |
Barbadian
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| Occupation Text |
Pirate
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| Occupation |
Criminal
|
| Year(s) Active |
1717–1718
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Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was an early 18th-century English/Barbadian pirate, also known as the Gentleman Pirate for the reason that he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. Despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided he should turn to piracy in the winter of 1716 or spring of 1717. He bought a sailing vessel, the Revenge, and travelled with his paid crew along the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the United States, capturing other vessels and burning other Barbadian ships.
