Which Welsh pirate, born in 1635, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica in 1675?
William Beeston (governor) on his return to Jamaica gave him the command of the frigate "HMS Assistance" (Addit. MS. 12430, fol. 33). Using "Assistance" he brought in French pirate Du Mangle and English turncoat buccaneer Francis Witherborn. The following year he sailed to Cuba and Hispaniola 'to look after pirates and privateers' (including Captain Yellows) and to Havana 'to fetch away the prisoners.' On 10 July 1672 he convoyed a fleet of merchantmen to England. In 1675 Beeston and Sir Henry Morgan (of buccaneering celebrity) were appointed commissioners of the admiralty. In 1677 and the two following years 'Lieutenant-Colonel Beeston,' as speaker of
Lieutenant Governor of Florida assists the governor with the duties of the executive branch. The first lieutenant governor in the modern period was Ray C. Osborne, who took office in 1969. On January 14, 2014 Carlos López-Cantera, (Florida's first Hispanic lieutenant governor) was appointed by Governor Rick Scott and was sworn in on February 3, 2014. , there are seven former U.S. lieutenant governors of Florida who are currently living at this time, The oldest U.S. lieutenant governor of Florida being Wayne Mixson (served 1979–1987, born 1922). The most recent former U.S. lieutenant governor of Florida to die was J.H. Williams (served 1975–1979, born