Royal Facts Presents 10 Historical Adventures Worthy Of Hollywood.
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Our past is filled with colorful characters who often get left out of the history books.
From swashbuckling adventures to love stories to tales of rags-to-riches, their lives seem
plucked right out of a Hollywood blockbuster.
10 . �Lord� Timothy Dexter.
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than smart, and nobody exemplified this better than 18th
century Massachusetts businessman Timothy Dexter.
Born into a family of laborers, Dexter was largely uneducated but had a lifelong desire
to integrate himself into the upper echelons of society.
He took the first step in the right direction when he married a well-off widow while working
as a leather craftsman apprentice.
9 .Howard Blackburn.
Howard Blackburn came from humble beginnings as a fisherman trying to make a living, first
in Nova Scotia, then in Massachusetts.
A 24-year-old Blackburn became a local legend in 1883 when a winter storm blew his schooner
off course.
The captain had to row back in freezing temperatures without the benefit of heavy mittens.
Knowing what would happen, Blackburn maintained his hands in the curved position so he would
be able to continue to row, even when they froze.
He returned after sailing for five days without food, water, or sleep.
His fishing mate died, and Blackburn lost all his fingers and a toe.
8 .Henry Every.
Henry Every might not be among the most famous pirates in the world, but his exploits were
enough to rival those of any real contemporary or Hollywood creation.
He was not known as the �King of Pirates� for nothing�in 1695, Every made off with
one of the biggest plunders in buccaneering history.Every heard of a Mughal Empire fleet
returning home to India with a vast treasure of gold and silver, defended by scores of
cannons and riflemen.
To even stand a chance, Every had to ally himself with other pirates and ambush the
25-ship Mughal flotilla.
7 .William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck , 5th Duke of Portland.
Like his father and his father before him, William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck became
Duke of Portland and served as a Member of Parliament while residing at the family estate,
Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire.
However, he became better known for his eccentricities and for a bizarre paternity suit occurring
almost two decades after his death.
6 .General Gregor MacGregor.
There are two vastly different chapters in the life of Gregor MacGregor, a member of
the clan made famous by Rob Roy MacGregor.
The first was his military career.
MacGregor served as an officer in the British Army between 1803 and 1810, fighting in the
Napoleonic Wars and rising to the rank of general.
Afterward, he joined Venezuelan forces in their war for independence against Spain,
becoming a hero worthy of full military honors upon his death.
5 .Sidney Weinberg.
Hollywood loves a rags-to-riches story and few, if any, top that of early 20th-century
investment banker Sidney Weinberg.
He came from meager beginnings�one of eleven children of Jewish immigrants who came to
New York chasing the American dream.
He dropped out of school at 15 and started looking for work.In 1907, sixteen-year-old
Weinberg wanted to work on Wall Street.
He picked a nice looking, tall building�43 Exchange Place�and went into every office
asking if they needed a boy for errands.
He landed a position as a janitor�s assistant at a small brokerage house named Goldman Sachs.
4 .�Red Legs� Greaves.
The story of �Red Legs� Greaves� life reads like a fanciful tale out of a book.
Greaves was born sometime in the mid-17th century to Scottish parents exiled to Barbados
by Oliver Cromwell for participating in the Scottish Civil War.
Sold into slavery, Greaves tried to escape by stowing away on a ship, unknowingly boarding
a pirate ship commanded by one Captain Hawkins.
When he was discovered, Greaves had little choice but to join the crew, even though he
despised Hawkins� cruel treatment of his prisoners.
Eventually, Greaves challenged Hawkins� leadership and, after besting him in a duel,
became the new captain.
3 .Henry Cyril Paget,5th Marquess of Anglesey.
Henry Cyril Paget, Earl of Uxbridge and 5th Marquess of Anglesey, lived a life that would
make any 1970s glam rocker jealous.
At age 23, Paget inherited a title, a giant estate called Plas Newydd, and a fortune.
By age 27, it was all gone.
In 1905, aged 29, Paget died with millions of pounds in debt.
The marquess embodied the �live fast, die young� mantra, although he preferred to
spend his money on jewelry and luxury clothing.
2 .Julie d�Aubigny ,Mademoiselle de Maupin Few artists led a more thrilling life than
17th-century opera singer Julie d�Aubigny, known as Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Her youth was marked by a string of duels and love affairs as the young swashbuckler
roamed the French countryside looking for adventure.
It all started in 1687 when 14-year-old Maupin fled Paris with a fencing master named S�rannes,
staging singing and dueling exhibitions to earn a living.
When she got bored of him, Maupin started a love affair with a young woman who was promptly
sent off to a convent by her parents.
1 .Adrian Carton de Wiart.
Adrian Carton de Wiart started his military career in 1899 by dropping out of college
and joining the British Army to fight in the Second Boer War.
He was sent back to England after being shot in the stomach and groin.
At the outbreak of World War I, Carton de Wiart joined the Somaliland Camel Corps.
During an attack, he was shot in the face, losing an eye and a bit of ear.
Again, he was sent back to England to recuperate where Carton de Wiart acquired the black eye-patch
which became his distinguishing feature.
He went back to the war on the European front.
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