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Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the leadership of Henry Jennings , during Jennings' attack on the salvage camp for the wrecked Spanish 1715 ...
Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCB, GCH, PC (born Charles William Stewart; 1778–1854), was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, a British soldier and a politician. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars , in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , and in the Napoleonic wars .
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC (Ire) (13 May 1878 – 10 February 1949), styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was a British peer and politician.
Zach McGowan as Charles Vane: Captain of the Ranger and the Fancy, Steward of Fort Nassau. (seasons 1–3) [4] Toby Schmitz as Jack Rackham: Quartermaster of the Ranger and later Brothel manager and Captain of the Colonial Dawn and the Lion. [4] Clara Paget as Anne Bonny: Crew Mate of the Ranger and later of the Colonial Dawn and the Lion. [4]
Charles Vane (born William George Yarrow; 2 January 1860 – 14 April 1943) was a British stage and film actor. Vane appeared in more than fifty films during the silent era including the lead in When It Was Dark (1919).
Charles Vane was a pirate renowned for his sadistic and cruel ways. He ignored the Pirate code and showed little respect for his fellow crew members, despite his wittiness and skillfulness when it came to sailing. He was merciless towards his prisoners, turning to torture and murder when given the opportunity.
March–April – Charles Vane and 12 pirates capture a Jamaica sloop in the Bahamas, retaining her for his own use. April – Vane captures the sloop Lark in the Bahamas and transfers his crew to her. [1] April 5 – Blackbeard captures the logwood cutting sloop Land of Promise captained by Thomas Newton
The first record of him is as quartermaster on Charles Vane's brigantine Ranger in 1718, operating out of New Providence island in the Bahamas, which was a notorious base for pirates known as the "Pirates' republic". [4] Vane and his crew robbed several ships outside New York City, then encountered a large French man-of-war. The ship was at ...