Sir Nicholas Lawes was Governor

Governors of Jamaica

This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys in Jamaica after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica....

 of Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 from 1718 to 1722.

He was a British knight.

In his capacity as Governor during the Golden Age of Piracy

Golden Age of Piracy

The Golden Age of Piracy is a common designation given to one or more outbursts of piracy in maritime history of the early modern period. In its broadest accepted definition, the Golden Age of Piracy spans from the 1650s to the 1730s and covers three separate outbursts of piracy:the buccaneering...

 he tried many pirates, among them "Calico Jack

Calico Jack

John Rackham , commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas during the early 18th century...

" Rackham, Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny was an Irish woman who became a famous female pirate, operating in the Caribbean. What little is known of her life comes largely from A General History of the Pyrates.-Historical record:...

, Mary Read

Mary Read

Mary Read was an English pirate. She is chiefly remembered as one of only two women known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy....

, Robert Deal, & Charles Vane

Charles Vane

Charles Vane was an English pirate who preyed upon English and French shipping. His pirate career lasted from 1716 - 1719. His flagship was a brigantine named the Ranger....

. He signed an arrangement with Jeremy

Jeremy II

Jeremy II was a King of the Miskito kingdom. The dates of his succession to the throne and death are uncertain. Spanish sources refer to him as Bernabé.Little is known about this king...

, king of the Miskito, to bring some of his followers over to Jamaica to hunt down runaway slaves in 1720.

He was the father of James Lawes.

In 1730 he introduced coffee

Coffee

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to Jamaica.