Lawrence Prince

Lawrence Prince
Bornc. 1630
DiedAfter 1717
Piratical career
TypeBuccaneer, privateer, slave trader
AllegianceEngland
Years activec. 1659–1671
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Base of operationsCaribbean
Battles/wars
  • Raid on Granada (1670)
  • Sack of Panama (1671)

Laurens Prins, anglicized as Lawrence Prince,[1] (c. 1630s, Amsterdam – after 1717) was a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer, privateer and an officer under Captain Sir Henry Morgan. He and Major John Morris led one of the columns that raided Panama in 1671.

  1. ^ Marley, David. Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998. (pp. 151, 158, 172) ISBN 0-87436-837-5