Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company.
- "Cutler Beckett?"
"It's Lord now, actually."
"Lord or not, you have no reason and no authority to arrest this man."
"Oh, in fact I do." - ―Weatherby Swann and Cutler Beckett
Lord is an title for a person who has control or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler, also generally denoting deference applied to a male person of authority, religious, political, or a deity. For the British Empire, Lord was occasionally used as part of a substantive noble title in its own right. The appellation could also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage, or are entitled to courtesy titles, with the collective "Lords" referring to a group or body of peers. Milord was another term used in both French and English, which derived from the English phrase "my lord" and borrowed into the French as millourt or milor, meaning a noble or rich man. "Lord" would also be used for the landholder of an estate or manor.
History[]
The earliest known usage of "Lord" (generally with an initial upper-case letter) was in a religious context, such as Christianity, often referring to God or Jesus.[1][2]
By the Age of Piracy, the Brethren Court was made up of the Pirate Lords, each member having dominion over a particular area of the world.[3] Governor Weatherby Swann was referred to as "My Lord" at least once by the butler, who notified Swann of a visitor in his grand mansion in Port Royal, Jamaica.[4]
Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company was most notably granted the title of Lord at some point prior to arriving to Port Royal during the search for the Dead Man's Chest.[5][6][1] His mentor Reginald Marmaduke Bracegirdle-Penwallow was also a Lord at some point before Beckett's own rise to lordship.[7] By 1750, Lord John Carteret served on the Court of King George II in London, England.[8] [2]
Notable Lords[]
- Reginald Marmaduke Bracegirdle-Penwallow[7]
- Cutler Beckett[1]
- John Carteret[8][2]
- Benedict Huntington[9]
- Willoughby[10]
- Devonshire[11]
- Maynard[12]
Behind the scenes[]
While "Lord" first appeared through the phrase "My lord" in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,[4] the title "Lord" made its first appearance in media relating to the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,[1] notably in the reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide,[5] and Irene Trimble's junior novelization.[6] The usage of "Lord" in a religious context, such as Christianity, referring to God or Jesus, was also used throughout the franchise.[1]
Appearances[]
- The Price of Freedom
- Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth
Sources[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide
See also[]
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Price of Freedom, Chapter Four: Cutler Beckett
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, pp. 14-15: "The British"
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East, p. 3
- ↑ The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth, p. 8
- ↑ The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth, p. 108
- ↑ The Lost Sea