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Henry Mainwaring
Born1586/7
Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Died1653
France
Piratical career
NicknameThe Dread Pirate
TypePrivateer
AllegianceEngland
Years active1610–1639
RankCaptain
Base of operationsNewfoundland
Gibraltar
La Mamora
CommandsHMS Resistance
Later workRoyal Navy vice-admiral and author

Sir Henry Mainwaring (1587–1653), was an English lawyer, soldier, writer, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He was for a time a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

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