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Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime.
Sep 3, 2021 · Captain Stede Bonnet was a plantation owner in Barbados who turned to piracy and privateering in 1717. Known as the 'Gentleman Pirate', Bonnet embarked on a life of crime relatively late in life, reportedly in order to escape his nagging wife.
Jul 31, 2007 · Stede Bonnet's career as the "Gentleman Pirate" may represent the worst midlife crisis on record. In 1717, Bonnet, a retired British army major with a large sugar plantation in Barbados,...
Nov 11, 2023 · Stede Bonnet’s brief but spectacular career as a pirate came to an end in late September of 1718, when he surrendered to South Carolina authorities after a six-hour battle at sea. The...
By Carl Seaver. Can a gentleman be a pirate? There was one man who went against these seemingly opposite stereotypes and became both: Stede Bonnet. Born a gentleman, he turned to piracy in his later years. Bonnet was born to moderately wealthy English landowners in Barbados in 1688.
Jan 4, 2023 · Stede Bonnet is the star of period comedy Our Flag Means Death, which follows the ‘Gentleman Pirate’ through his mid-life crisis, abandoning his life of plenty to become a pirate. It does not go well. Our Flag Means Death arrives in the UK on BBC Two and BBCiPlayer from 4 January 2023.
Dec 26, 2022 · Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate. Stede Bonnet lived a life of luxury in Barbados, inheriting from his father an over 400-acre sugarcane plantation, along with 94 slaves.
Jan 3, 2020 · Major Stede Bonnet (1688-1718) was the most unlikely of pirates. Known as the Gentleman Pirate, he left a prosperous plantation for the seas.
The curious journey of Stede Bonnet, a landowner turned pirate. From lavish comforts to high-seas banditry, explore the double life of this Gentleman Pirate.
Dec 8, 2022 · Not only was Stede Bonnet a real person, but a rare document, The tryals of Major Stede Bonnet and other Pirates, held in the Library of Congress, reveals insights about the life and death of the man once known as “the Gentleman Pirate.”
