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George Walker (died 1777) was an English privateer active against French shipping. Walker, as a lad and a young man, served in the Dutch States Navy,
George_Walker_(privateer)
Topics referred to by the same term
George Walker (printmaker) (born 1960), Canadian writer, artist and printmaker George Walker (privateer) (died 1777), British privateer George Walker (Puritan)
George_Walker
Person or ship engaging in maritime warfare under commission
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since piracy was a common aspect of seaborne trade
Privateer
Ship authorized to attack by the Confederate States of America
The Confederate privateers were privately owned ships that were authorized by the government of the Confederate States of America to attack the shipping
Confederate_privateer
that trade and then traded until a French privateer captured her in 1805. On 24 December 1798 Captain James Walker acquired a letter of marque. In 1799 she
Royal_George_(1798_ship)
(pirate) George Robert Twelves Hewes George Rogers Clark George Shelvocke George Somers George Spurre George Wait Babcock George Walker (privateer) George Wunder
Index of piracy–related articles
Index_of_piracy–related_articles
1747 naval battles of the War of Jenkins' Ear
October, she encountered four British privateers under Commodore George Walker near Cape Saint Vincent. The privateers, known as the "Royal Family" due to
Voyage_of_the_Glorioso
British naval officer (b. 1747, d. 1823)
with Captain George Farmer in the action of 6 October 1779. The following year he sailed on HMS Griffin and captured the French Privateer 'Le Général Villepatoux'
Rupert_George
Vice President of the United States from 1805 to 1812
Scottish clergyman. During the French and Indian War, he first served on the privateer Defiance operating in the Caribbean, before enlisting in the provincial
George Clinton (vice president)
George_Clinton_(vice_president)
American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary (1824–1860)
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American journalist and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by
William_Walker_(filibuster)
Royal Navy officer and maritime artist
Walker, eldest daughter of J. Walker of Crawfordtown, Dumfriesshire, in 1829. Their daughter Anne Murray Lennock married Sir George Gustavus Walker KCB
George_Gustavus_Lennock
1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive privateer teams never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example, being
List of Formula One constructors
List_of_Formula_One_constructors
Frigate class of the Royal Navy
April 1805, capturing the French 4-gun privateer Prudent on 29 October, and destroying the French 32-gun privateer Napoleon on 24 December. The ship was
Narcissus-class_frigate
English privateer who fought 18th century Spanish sailors in the Pacific
John Clipperton (c. 1676 – June 1722) was an English privateer who fought against the Spanish in the 18th century. He was involved in two buccaneering
John_Clipperton
List of ships with the same or similar names
Lieutenant Walker decided to attack the largest of the three privateers, which was a little away from the other two. Rose was able to rake the privateer with
HM_hired_cutter_Rose
Irish-born planter and military officer
of West Florida in 1775. For his services to the Crown (allegedly as a privateer), he initially received a 600-acre (2.4 km2) land grant in Louisiana,
Charles_"Don_Carlos"_Percy
English explorer, pirate, privateer and naturalist (1651–1715)
William Dampier (August 1651 – March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what
William_Dampier
Frigate of the French Navy
Royal Navy in the War of the Austrian Succession. She became the British privateer Boscawen and was wrecked at St Ives, Cornwall, following a succession
French_frigate_Médée_(1741)
This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list
List_of_pirates
Scottish privateer (c. 1645–1701)
known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely
William_Kidd
Frigate class of the Royal Navy
16-gun privateer Mouche on 5 December 1797, 24-gun privateer Duguay Trouin on 2 February 1798, 18-gun privateer Julie on 23 June, and 20-gun privateer Grand
Maidstone-class_frigate
and politician Michael Blue, billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Privateer Holdings Roxanne Beck, actress and screenwriter Stephen Mark Brown, opera
List of Harding University alumni
List_of_Harding_University_alumni
Sloop of the Royal Navy
March, the ship captured the French 2-gun privateer Furet. Then on 8 July Hawk captured the French 4-gun privateer Mahomet off St Lucia. Hawk continued patrolling
HMS_Hawk_(1793)
Coastline in Central America
of life and to receive visitors from other regions. English and Dutch privateers who preyed on Spanish ships soon found refuge in the Mosquito Coast. Although
Mosquito_Coast
British Royal Navy officer (1764–1831)
baling and pumping, as the privateer was in danger of sinking. Despite his efforts the privateer suddenly sank, nearly taking Walker down with her. He was
James Walker (Royal Navy officer)
James_Walker_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Royal Navy officer
unsuccessful claim for salvage rights to the American vessel Walker. A French privateer had captured Walker, but her crew has subsequently recaptured their ship
George Edmund Byron Bettesworth
George_Edmund_Byron_Bettesworth
Motor racing championship
racing as part of the overall prize package. Other prizes included the George Russell Pole Position Cup with a prize fund of £4,000 and a £20,000 shoot
2022_GB4_Championship
Fictional race of robots
Grandmaster. One of their human pawns, Mark Shaw, adopts a new identity as Privateer, but is later discovered to be a criminal posing as a hero. The Manhunters
Manhunters_(DC_Comics)
Nicaraguan peasant and revolutionary Bluefields – Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch privateer, pirate and explorer of Central America in the 1630s Carazo Department
List of places named after people
List_of_places_named_after_people
Short story by Washington Irving
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a short story by Washington Irving that first appeared in his 1824 collection Tales of a Traveller, in "The Money-Diggers"
The_Devil_and_Tom_Walker
English slave trader (1747–1836)
George Case (1747–1836) was a British slave trader who was responsible for at least 109 slave voyages. Case was the co-owner of the slave ship Zong, whose
George_Case_(slave_trader)
Unauthorized foreign military expedition
Spanish filibustero, itself deriving originally from the Dutch vrijbuiter, 'privateer, pirate, robber' (also the root of English freebooter). The Spanish form
Filibuster_(military)
American military officer (1750–1783)
returned to Virginia. Floyd traveled to Williamsburg and signed on to a privateering syndicate and agreed to serve on board the Massachusetts schooner Phoenix
John_Floyd_(pioneer)
4th season of FIA's Formula One motor racing
4 works teams (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati, and Talbot-Lago) and 26 privateer teams. The list does not include those that only contested the Indianapolis
1950_Formula_One_season
difficulties. Next, she had a short, unsuccessful cruise as a privateer that resulted in a French privateer capturing her in a single-ship action, but then releasing
Young_Nicholas_(1798_ship)
1812–1815 conflict in North America
there, British privateers seized and sold many French and American ships. More than a hundred prize vessels were anchored in St. George's Harbour awaiting
War_of_1812
Base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic
French privateers may have used the islands as a staging place for operations against Spanish galleons in the 16th century. Bermudian privateers certainly
Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda
United States officer (1747–1833)
which protected the coast of Maine from British privateers. In 1813, he captured the British privateer Crown in a short, sharp engagement. Changing his
Samuel_Tucker_(naval_officer)
1775–1783 conflict in North America
Washington moved south to New York City. Beginning in August 1775, American privateers raided towns in Nova Scotia, including Saint John, Charlottetown, and
American_Revolutionary_War
First submersible vessel used in combat
built by Manstan and Frese in 2007 for The Turtle Project was acquired by Privateer Media and used in the television series TURN: Washington's Spies. The
Turtle_(submersible)
Halonen Lauri Törni Pekka Vesainen François le Clerc - 16th-century French privateer known as "Jambe de Bois" (Peg Leg) who is credited as the first pirate
List_of_guerrillas
was a Belgian motor racing team. They are principally known for running privateer cars in Formula One and sports car racing during the 1950s and 1970s.
Écurie_Francorchamps
American family in military and literary fields
Benjamin Crowninshield (b. 1757) served from 17 October 1778 on the American privateer Black Prince during the American Revolution, which raided Fishguard and
Crowninshield_family
Royal Navy officer (died 1812)
Port-de-Paix on 20 April 1797. On 25 October 1798, Drake captured the French privateer La Favorite. The prize money for Perkins (amounting to 2/8 of the total
John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)
John_Perkins_(Royal_Navy_officer)
British actor (1941–2022)
playing the title role in Steven Pimlott's production of King Lear. Tim Walker, reviewing the performance in The Sunday Telegraph, wrote: "Warner is physically
David_Warner_(actor)
under Lieutenant Walker, captured a small Spanish privateer armed with swivel guns and small arms. Her crew, however, escaped; Walker had her destroyed
George Sayer (Royal Navy officer)
George_Sayer_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Colonial governor of Virginia
Two ships arrived at Old Point Comfort in August 1619, the Treasurer (privateer) and White Lion, carrying "20 and odd" Africans seized from Spanish vessels
George_Yeardley
Dissident organization during the American Revolution
Sears, Merchant, sailor, agitator, and Liberty Boys key leader, became privateer. Known as a "King Sears. The Sugar Act ended his trading in the West Indies
Liberty_Boys
Sinking of the Petrel Union Confederates Last naval battle involving a privateer ship 28-29 Aug Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries Union under Stringham
List_of_naval_battles
Men's basketball season in the United States
Orleans. The university's athletic brand changed accordingly, retaining the Privateers nickname. July 31 – Rulings in two separate court cases undercut the NCAA's
2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2026–27_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_season
Steamboat
steamer and privateer purchased by Commodore Lawrence Rousseau for service with the Confederate States Navy, and chosen by Commodore George Hollins for
CSS_Ivy
1879 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
the available commercial videos, the Discography site considers the Brent Walker better than the Papp version. More recent professional productions have
The_Pirates_of_Penzance
Grymes dueled over Grymes' private-practice work for the slave-smuggling privateers the Lafitte brothers; the duel was presumably in the vicinity of New Orleans
List of duels in the United States
List_of_duels_in_the_United_States
1619 arrival of the first slaves in the North American British colonies
of 20-30 taken by the privateers, or perhaps double that amount. Near Veracruz in the Bay of Campeche, the English privateers White Lion and Treasurer
First_Africans_in_Virginia
Princeton University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-6910-8658-3. In international law, privateers are defined as "vessels belonging to private owners, and sailing under
List_of_obsolete_occupations
Irish Jacobite soldier (1659–1691)
Dutch privateer. Claud was born in 1659, probably at Kenure House in Rush, County Dublin, baptised at St. Audoen's Church as the eldest son of George Hamilton
Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn
Claud_Hamilton,_4th_Earl_of_Abercorn
Upper class Bostonians
abolitionist Stephen Minot Weld (1806–1867), politician, educator George Walker Weld (1840–1905), philanthropist Brevet Brigadier General Stephen Minot
Boston_Brahmin
and the American Revolutionary War. 1560–1603 – "Elizabethan Sea Dogs" (privateers), state-sanctioned attacks and plunder of Spanish ships 1570 – Spanish
Timeline of the Thirteen Colonies
Timeline_of_the_Thirteen_Colonies
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1912–2005)
historical adventure novels—Follow the Drum (1942), Scarface (1948), Yankee Privateer (1955)—and one cold war adventure, At Swords' Points (1954). She received
Andre_Norton
Western Show
Tannen, six times, and Don C. Harvey, five times. Richard Alexander as George Todd in "Annie and the Lacemaker" (1956) Chris Alcaide, as Paul Dodson in
Annie_Oakley_(TV_series)
Name list
Puerto Rico Baron Robert Clive (1725–1774), British army officer and privateer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India
Robert
people. She then made a voyage as West Indiaman during which a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. She made
Adventure_(1799_ship)
Covert operation designed to deceive
its true identity. The naval tactic was initially used by pirates and privateers to deceive other ships into allowing them to move closer before attacking
False_flag
Royal Navy sixth-rate frigate
served off the coast of France until she was recaptured by a British privateer in 1746. Decommissioned when the war ended in 1748, the ship was put back
HMS_Solebay_(1742)
1601-2 event in the Anglo-Spanish war
one such being Ireland that could also be used as a coastal base for privateers, like the Dunkirkers, to disrupt English and Dutch shipping. In August
Fourth_Spanish_Armada
English motorcycle racer (born 1965)
racing in 2000 after a racing incident at Phillip Island when he hit privateer Ducati rider Robert Ulm and crashed. He suffered multiple injuries, including
Carl_Fogarty
Southeastern Conference (NCAA) 399 Maestri Field at Privateer Park 2,705 New Orleans Louisiana New Orleans Privateers Southland Conference (NCAA) 400 Yakima County
List of U.S. baseball stadiums by capacity
List_of_U.S._baseball_stadiums_by_capacity
unsuccessful claim for salvage rights to the American vessel Walker. A French privateer had captured Walker, but her crew had subsequently recaptured their ship
HMS_Crocodile_(1806)
Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. Walker, Tim (16 July 2013). "The real-life Ray Donovans: Fixers behind Tinseltown's
List_of_stock_characters
American politician and lawyer (1818–1905)
George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary
George_S._Boutwell
Pirate Blackbeard's ship
record of her actions prior to 1710 when she was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde. Surviving features of the ship's construction strongly
Queen_Anne's_Revenge
French ship (1799-1820)
American whalers. Nimrod was last listed in 1820. Built in Bordeaux as a privateer corvette, Éole was requisitioned and brought into service in the French
French_ship_Éole_(1799)
1785–1795 conflict between Algiers and the United States
passengers for the Barbary slave trade. Originally relying heavily on privateering as its main source of revenue, Algiers shifted from a primarily military
American-Algerian_War
Ethnic group
the United States Jao de la Porta - Merchant Jean Lafitte - Pirate and privateer Vic Seixas - Tennis player Theodore Solomons - Explorer and early Sierra
Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the United States
Spanish_and_Portuguese_Jews_in_the_United_States
Bay in New Brunswick, Canada
Europeans settlers from France arrived in 1619. Commodore George Walker, a successful British privateer, set up a fishing and trading operation on the Nepisiguit
Nepisiguit_Bay
Village in New York, United States
clandestine meeting place for Frederick Philipse and Captain Kidd, a privateer-turned-pirate and allegedly a business associate of Philipse. On Broadway
Sleepy_Hollow,_New_York
British racing driver (1929–1975)
season prematurely. After recovering from his injuries, he returned as a privateer in 1970 before competing with Brabham for two further seasons, where he
Graham_Hill
Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596) was an English privateer who plundered many Spanish towns and ships in the Caribbean and elsewhere. However, he is most
List_of_explorers
French descent, Hypolite Bouchard, laid siege to Monterey California as a privateer for the Argentine army. His second ship, the Santa Rosa, which was captained
History_of_the_Philippines
Dissident organization during the American Revolution
Liberty Boys Alexander McDougall – captain of privateers Hercules Mulligan – haberdasher, spy under George Washington for the Continental Army, friend of
Sons_of_Liberty
Narcissus-class frigate
the Royal Navy, built at Frindsbury and launched in 1801. She captured privateers on the Jamaica station and fought in the Gunboat War and elsewhere in
HMS_Tartar_(1801)
and Albany) Dominique You (sometimes Youx) (ca 1775–15 November 1830), privateer, pirate, and later politician. Artillery commander of gunners recruited
List_of_Freemasons_(E–Z)
City in Massachusetts, United States
Salem. Beer, D. G. 1872 Atlas of Essex County Map of Salem. Plate 118. Walker, George H. 1884 Atlas of Essex County Salem South. Plate 16.
Salem,_Massachusetts
Lake in Lochaber, Scotland
France, during the sixth attempt by the French Royal Navy and French privateers to find and rescue the Prince and his entourage, and was evacuated from
Loch_Morar
Secret society in the mid-19th-century US
in San Francisco outfitted the schooner J. M. Chapman as a Confederate privateer in San Francisco Bay, with the object of raiding commerce on the Pacific
Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle
Stadium in Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
the ballpark against cross-town rival, the University of New Orleans Privateers, and arch-rival, Louisiana State University Tigers, at the ballpark. During
Gold_Mine_on_Airline
Acts of robbery or criminality at sea
merchant ships to the British. During King George's War, approximately 36,000 Americans served aboard privateers at one time or another. During the American
Piracy
United States government official (1770–1830)
accept American jurisdiction. There he both met and corresponded with privateer Jean Laffite. This voyage is considered the first Anglo-American account
George_Graham_(soldier)
Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy
Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812. International Maritime Economic History Association. Manning, T. D.; Walker, C
HMS_Shannon_(1806)
Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)
captured U.S. shipping to be sold for the privateers 95% share, so through 1862, Confederate privateering disappeared. The Confederate Congress authorized
Confederate_States_of_America
31390/gradschool_disstheses.6941. Head, David (2013). "Slave Smuggling by Foreign Privateers: The Illegal Slave Trade and the Geopolitics of the Early Republic". Journal
List of slave traders of the United States
List_of_slave_traders_of_the_United_States
Auto race held in South Africa
early 1960s, hosted its first South African Grand Prix in 1967, where privateer John Love nearly took victory but ran into fuel problems late, and Pedro
South_African_Grand_Prix
Illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages
high number of distilleries in Canada, one of the most famous being Hiram Walker who developed Canadian Club Whisky. The French islands of Saint-Pierre and
Rum-running
British Royal Navy officer and politician (1666–1732)
Dunkirk. Pushed off station by a storm, he was unable to stop a force of privateers from escaping and destroying a British convoy. After briefly serving as
Thomas Hardy (Royal Navy officer, died 1732)
Thomas_Hardy_(Royal_Navy_officer,_died_1732)
Day of the year
units (2,180,000 km; 1,360,000 mi). 1782 – Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. 1819 – Johann
July_1
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
and Sons. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4051-6275-3.. Hampden, John Francis Drake, privateer: contemporary narratives and documents (Taylor & Francis, 1972). ISBN 978-0-8173-5703-0
Elizabeth_I
British ruler in Sarawak from 1841 to 1868
date is clear. The son was brought up as Reuben George Walker in the Brighton household of Frances Walker (1841 and 1851 census, apparently born c. 1836)
James_Brooke
74-gun ship of the line in the Royal Navy
against the Blacks." On 2 July 1803, Bayntun's squadron captured the French privateer Superieure. Vanguard was the actual captor. The British took her into
HMS_Vanguard_(1787)
Slave trade between Africa and the West
Louisiana. The French pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte established a colony on Galveston Island in 1817 and cruised as a privateer for four years, making a profit
Atlantic_slave_trade
Horse race
Hutchinson Duchess Mr. Burdon 1782 Thornville Mr. Wentworth Privateer Mr. Pratt Privateer Mr. Pratt 1783 Columbus Mr. Wentworth Recovery Sir John Lister
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GEORGE WALKER-PRIVATEER
GEORGE WALKER-PRIVATEER
Surname or Lastname
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish : occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker.The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, in about 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen Co., VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.
Male
French
French form of Latin Georgius, GEORGES means "earth-worker, farmer."
Male
English
Unisex pet form of English George and Georgia, GEORGIE means "earth-worker, farmer."Â
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Georgiy, GEORGY means "earth-worker, farmer."
Male
English
 English name derived from the Scandinavian habitational surname Walkyr, from kiarr, WALKER means "from the wall by the marsh." English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Middle English walkere from Old English wealcere ("to walk, tread"), hence "cloth fuller."Â
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American English Greek
Henry VI, Part 2' George Bevis. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' George, son of Richard...
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Australian, British, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Swedish
German Form of George; Earth
Boy/Male
English
Son of Walter.
Girl/Female
British, English
Occupational Name; Cloth-walker
Female
English
Feminine form of English George, GEORGIA means "earth-worker, farmer."Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French, German, Latin
Farmer; Female Version of George
Girl/Female
British, English
Occupational Name; Cloth-walker
Male
English
 English form of German Walther, WALTER means "ruler of the army."
Female
English
Feminine form of French Georges, GEORGINE means "earth-worker, farmer."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Feminine of George
Female
English
English variant spelling French Georgine, GEORGENE means "earth-worker, farmer."
Male
English
English form of French Georges, GEORGE means "earth-worker, farmer."
Female
Romanian
Feminine form of Romanian Gheorghe, GEORGETA means "earth-worker, farmer."
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Greek, Italian
Italian Form of George; Farmer
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek, Latin
Farmer; Earth Worker; Variant of Georgia
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