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"We are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things." The title of this article is conjectural. |
- "You have a name, Missy?"
"Elizabeth... Turner. I'm a maid in the Governor's household." - ―Hector Barbossa and Elizabeth Swann
The Governor's Mansion, otherwise known as Governor Swann's grand mansion, a mansion situated in Port Royal. It served as the estate and living residence of the Swann family, notably Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth, and their staff, notably Estrella the maid. Set in the fashionable St. Paul's district, the mansion is far from the squalor of Port Royal's docks and slums.
History[]
Little is known of this mansion, other than that it was situated far from the squalor of Port Royal's docks and slums.[1] The mansion would serve as the household for Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth following their voyage from England. With Governor Swann as the head of the household, there were several servants in the governor's employ, chief among them being the butler. At least two maids were known to work in the mansion, including Estrella. Other servants included a footman, and a coachman who drove the governor's carriage.[2]
The butler inside of the mansion.
Governor Swann's mansion came under siege when the cursed crew of the Black Pearl launched an attack on Port Royal. Lured by the Aztec gold medallion that Elizabeth Swann wore around her neck, the pirates storm the governor's mansion to kidnap her. The mansion was devastated by cannonfire, and many of its valuables plundered by the cursed pirates. By the time Weatherby returned to his wrecked home, Elizabeth was already sailing from the port, a captive of Captain Hector Barbossa's cursed crew.[1] Of the servants, only Estrella was known to have escaped the attack, the butler having been shot dead, and the other inhabitants of the mansion left to an uncertain fate.[2] Little is known of the mansion's further fate, other than being a notable location during the War of Jolly Roger.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
"The Governor's Mansion" as it appears in Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
- Governor Weatherby Swann's mansion first appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[2] It was first identified under the name "Governor Swann's grand mansion" first appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide and The Complete Visual Guide.[1] "The Governor's Mansion" was named in Pirates of the Caribbean Online[3] and the 2010 version of the official Pirates of the Caribbean website circa 2010.[4]
- For The Curse of the Black Pearl, scenes in Fort Charles was built on a three-acre bluff on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, south of Los Angeles, on the site of Marineland, a one-time amusement park (near the Point Vicente Lighthouse seen in Pearl Harbor). The Governor's elaborate mansion was also built here, while the interior being a set at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, a little further north up the coast. Dining room, bedrooms, hallways, linen closet, a first and second floor foyer and staircase—which the crew promptly destroyed with cannon blasts.[5]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Missing Pirate
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- Breakout! (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online (First identified as Governor's Mansion)
Sources[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide (First identified as Governor Swann's grand mansion)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, pp. 16-17 "Governor Swann"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- ↑ DisneyPirates.com - Archived
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean production notes, accessed Dec 9, 2006