Henry Strangways (pirate)
Henry Strangways | |
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Strangwish 1554 by Flicke | |
| Born | circa 1500 |
| Died | 1562 |
| Piratical career | |
| Nickname | Henry Strangwish |
| Type | Pirate |
Henry Strangways (died 1562), also sometimes known as Strangwish, was an English "Gentleman Pirate" who attacked Spanish and other shipping. He was repeatedly imprisoned, and pardoned by highly placed friends, during his approximately eight-year piratical career, from about 1552 to 1560. His portrait painted by a fellow prisoner, Gerlach Flicke, resides today in the National Portrait Gallery in London.