John Halsey

Last updated April 12, 2019

John Halsey may refer to:

John Halsey (privateer), colonial American privateer and later pirate
John Halsey (musician), rock drummer
Sir John Walter Brooke Halsey, 4th Baronet of the Halsey baronets

John Halsey was a British privateer and a later pirate who was active in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the early 18th century. Although much of his life and career is unknown, he is recorded in A General History of the Pyrates which states "He was brave in his Person, courteous to all his Prisoners, lived beloved, and died regretted by his own People. His Grave was made in a garden of watermelons, and fenced in with Palisades to prevent his being rooted up by wild Hogs."

John Halsey is a rock drummer, best known for his appearance as Barrington Womble in The Rutles, leading to his playing with Neil Innes's band Fatso and appearing in the television film All You Need is Cash (1978).

The Halsey Baronetcy, of Gaddesden in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 June 1920 for the Conservative politician Frederick Halsey. The third Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy. The fourth Baronet is an Anglican priest and Brother of the Community of the Transfiguration, Midlothian.

Related Research Articles

Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., KBE, known as Bill Halsey or "Bull" Halsey, was an American admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz.

Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) was an Elizabethan privateer and naval hero.

Captain Samuel Burgess was a member of Captain William Kidd's crew in 1690 when the Blessed William was seized by Robert Culliford and some of the crew, with William May named as Captain.

The holder of the post Vice-Admiral of Devon was responsible for the defence of the county of Devon, England.

Events from the year 1760 in Ireland.

Thomas Halsey may refer to:

Sir Thomas Frederick Halsey, 1st Baronet, was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1906.

Events from the year 1665 in England.

Nathaniel North was a Bermuda-born pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy, operating in the Indian Ocean under John Bowen and then as captain of the Defiant following Bowen's retirement in 1704. After losing the Defiant he ruled a pirate colony at Ambonaivo made up of his former crew before returning to sea. Retiring with great wealth in 1709, North settled in Madagascar and married a local woman, but was murdered by her family.

Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet DSO was an English cricketer, naval officer (1916–1946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet OBE DL JP, sometime DL and JP for Hertfordshire and Middlesex, and Chair. Legal Insurance Co. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1927.

Thomas Plumer Halsey MP was a Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire from 1846 to 1854.

See also: 1706 in piracy, other events of 1707, 1708 in piracy and the list of 'years of Piracy'.

Halsey is an English surname with several possible origins. It may be derived from Alsa, in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. This place name was once known as Assey, and was recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268. Another possibility is that the name is derived from Halsway, in Somerset, England. The latter place name is derived from the Old English word elements hals ("neck") and weg.

The Golden Parsonage is a Grade II* listed country house in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, and is part of the Gaddesden Estate. The house remains in the ownership of the Halsey Family.

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer and songwriter. Her stage name is a reference to the Halsey Street station of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, and an anagram of her first name.

Adrian Claver was a Dutch privateer based out of New England. He sailed alongside other prominent privateers such as John Halsey, Regnier Tongrelow, and Thomas Penniston.