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Daniel Searle was an English tobacco planter and Governor of Barbados from 1652 to 1660.

He was appointed governor in 1652 when the island was captured by a Parliamentarian naval force under Sir George Ayscue.^[1] In December 1654, he was named one of three civil commissioners assigned to the Western Design, an expedition against the Spanish West Indies led by General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn. On arrival in January 1655, He authorised the raising of a volunteer regiment by Colonel Lewis Morris but took no part in military operations.

He remained Governor until The Restoration of Charles II in 1660, when he was succeeded by Francis Willoughby, although he retained his seat on the colony council.

Searle's brother Robert was a privateer best known for his raid on Spanish controlled St. Augustine, Florida in 1668.^[2]

Sources

Brooks, Baylus C (2016). Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1365258855.
Coldham, Peter Wilson (1987). The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1660. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0806311920.

Government offices Preceded byGeorge Ayscue Governor of Barbados 1652–1660 Succeeded byThomas Modyford, acting

v t e Governors of Barbados
Barbados (1627–1833)	H. Powell W. Deane C. Wolferstone J. Powell R. Wheatley^* W. Tufton Henry Hawley Richard Peers^* William Hawley^* Henry Huncks Philip Bell Francis Willoughby George Ayscue Daniel Searle^* Thomas Modyford^* Humphrey Walrond^* Francis Willoughby Henry Willoughby^* William Willoughby^* Samuel Barwick^* Henry Hawley^* William Willoughby Christopher Codrington^* Peter Colleton^* Jonathan Atkins^* John Witham^* Richard Dutton Edwyn Stede^* James Kendall Francis Russell Francis Bond^* Ralph Grey John Farmer^* Bevil Granville Mitford Crow George Lillington^* Robert Lowther William Sharpe^* John Frere^* Samuel Cox^* Henry Worsley Thomas Catesby Paget James Dotin^* Walter Chetwynd Emanuel Howe James Dotin^* Orlando Bridgeman Humphrey Howarth Thomas Gage Robert Byng James Dotin^* Thomas Robinson Henry Grenville Charles Pinfold Samuel Rous^* William Spry Samuel Rous^* Edward Hay^* John Dotin^* James Cunninghame John Dotin^* David Parry William Bishop^* George Poyntz Ricketts William Bishop^* Francis Mackenzie John Spooner^* George Beckwith James Leith John Foster Alleyne^* Stapleton Cotton John Skeete^* Samuel Hinds^* Henry Warde James Frederick Lyon
Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)	Lionel Smith Evan MacGregor Charles Henry Darling Charles Grey William Reid William Colebrooke Francis Hincks James Walker Rawson W. Rawson Sanford Freeling^* John Hennessy George Strahan D. J. Gamble^* William Robinson
Barbados (1885–1966)	Charles Lees Walter Sendall James Hay Frederick Hodgson Gilbert Carter Leslie Probyn Charles O'Brien William Robertson Harry Newlands Mark Young Eubule Waddington Henry Bushe Hilary Blood Alfred Savage Robert Arundell John Stow
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^* Served as Acting Governor of Barbados.

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