Nicholas Lawes

Nicholas Lawes

Sir Nicholas Lawes (sometimes "'Laws'" in contemporary documents) was Governor of Jamaica from 1718 to 1722.

He was a British knight.

In his capacity as Governor during the Golden Age of Piracy he tried many pirates, among them "Calico Jack" Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Robert Deal, & Charles Vane. He signed an arrangement with Jeremy, king of the Miskito, to bring some of his followers over to Jamaica to hunt down runaway slaves in 1720.[1]

He was the father of James Lawes.

In 1730 he introduced coffee to Jamaica.

References

  1. ^ Michael Olien, "The Miskito Kings and the Line of Succession," Journal of Anthropological Research 39 (1983),
Government offices
Preceded by
Peter Heywood		 Governor of Jamaica
1718–1722		 Succeeded by
The Duke of Portland



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