Pick of the week: Coconut cup could be booty from infamous pirate Black Bart’s defeat

Rising to be Admiral of the Fleet during the War of the Spanish Succession, Sir Chaloner Ogle (1680-1750) had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy.

However, his most celebrated exploit was the hunting down and killing of the notorious Welsh pirat…

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