Personalities: Laureano de Torres y Ayala
PERSONAS OF THE GOLDEN AGE:
Laureano de Torres y Ayala
Torres was the governor of the Spanish colony of Cuba during and after the Queen Anne's War. While he had taken part in the War of Spanish Succession in Europe, Torres had little interest in returning to his homeland during its re-ignition in 1713.
Torres had little love for the Pirates who had made their home in the Caribbean, and was known for hiring many Pirate Hunters during the early period of Nassau. This conflict would truly come to a head when gold bound for Torres was stolen by the Pirate Captain Benjamin Hornigold.
While Torres had little love for the British, he later worked with the British Governor Woodes Rogers in the conflict with the Pirates Republic of Nassau. However with the war raging in Europe, for the most part this was ignored by the Spanish until 1718 when the British Fleet was turned back from Nassau harbor.
Torres died in 1719 during a raid on his ship by Anne Bonny while he was returning to Spain.