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MOSQUITOS

BRIEF HISTORY

1625 - 1687 Oldman, King of the Mosquito Nation, son of an unnamed King of the Mosquito Nation. Taken to England by the Earl of Warwick and received in audience by King Charles I, ca. 1625. Presented with a crown and other items, they eventually formed part of the regalia. He d. ca. 1687, having had issue:

1) Jeremy I, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.

1687 - 1718 Jeremy I, King of the Mosquito Nation. b. ca. 1639. Visited Jamaica in February 1688, and requested English protection. Confirmed and invested with a commission by the Duke of Albemarle, Governor of Jamaica. During his reign, the Mosquito's made their first recorded attack on Spanish settlements in 1699. He d. ca. 1718, having had issue:

1) H.M. Jeremy II, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.
2) John Hannibal. Governor. He d. from smallpox contacted when the Miskitos attacked Yucatán, 1728, having had issue:
- a) John Briton. Claimed the Mosquito royal crown, but the zambos of the deceased King refused to accept his candidacy.
3) H.M. Peter I, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.

1718 - 1729 H.M. Jeremy II, King of the Mosquito Nation. Entered into the first formal agreement with British, 25^th June 1720. He d. from smallpox contacted when the Miskitos attacked Yucatán, before 3^rd October 1729, having had issue, several sons, including:

1) H.M. Edward I, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.
2) H.M. King George I, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.

1729 - 1739 H.M. Peter I, King of the Mosquito Nation. Served as Admiral during the reign of his elder brother. Succeeded on his death, before 3^rd October 1729.

1739 - 1755 H.M. Edward I, King of the Mosquito Nation. b. after 1719. Succeeded on the death or abdication of his uncle, ca. 1739. Accepted baptism for himself, his family and the people of his district. Resigned his kingdom to King George II and accepted British protection and English laws throughout his domains, in a Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, 16^th March 1740. He d. January 1755, having had issue:

1) an eldest son, who was passed over by the chief and noble at his father's death, because he was still a child.

1755 - 1776 H.M. George I, King of the Mosquito Nation. Crowned at Sandy Bay, February 1755. Visited Jamaica in 1774. He d. from smallpox, during an epidemic that hit the Mosquito Coast, 1776, having had issue:

1) H.M. George II Frederic, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.
2) Prince Isaac, Duke of York (cre. 1777), and Count of Stamford. Visited England together with his elder brother, 1774-1775.
3) Prince Stephen. Regent for his nephew King George II October 1801-14^th November 1815.
4) Prince Eugene. Candidate for the throne in 1788.
5) Prince Andrew. Admiral before 1817.

1776 - 1801 King George II Frederic, King of the Mosquito Nation. b. ca. 1758, educ. privately. Visited England in 1774-1775 and again in 1796. Baptised as a Christian. Succeeded on the death of his father in 1776, and Crowned at Black River in March 1777. Suspended by the Governor of Jamaica October 1778-November 1779. Served with British forces against the Spanish during the American Revolutionary Wars 1779-1783. m. twenty-two wives. He was k. (assassinated) by the friends of one of his wives, whom he had killed with particularly barbarity, October 1801, having had issue:

1) H.M. George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.
2) Prince Robert (half-brother of George Augustus Frederic), educ. Jamaica.

1801 - 1824 H.M. George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Mosquito Nation. b. 1798, educ. Jamaica. Succeeded on the death of his father, October 1801. Reigned under the Regency of his uncle, Prince Stephen. Declared of age, and received the oath of submission from the chiefs, 14^th November 1815. Crowned at St John's Church, Belize, 18^th January 1816. m. several wives. He d. (strangled by his wife and body thrown into the sea or assassinated by Captain Peter Le Shaw) 9^th March 1824, having had issue, two or three sons:

1) H.M. Robert Charles Frederic, King of the Mosquito Nation - see below.
2) Prince George Frederic. He d. 1824.
3) xxx (possibly a princess who m. … Hendy), who had issue:
- a) H.E. George William Albert Hendy, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito - see below.
- b) H.E. Andrew Hendy, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito - see below.

1824 - 1842 H.M. Robert Charles Frederic, King of the Mosquito Nation, educ. Jamaica. Succeeded on the death of his father, 9^th March 1824. Crowned at St John's Cathedral, Belize, 23^rd April 1825. m. several wives, including (first) a junior wife. m. (second) 1830, H.M. Queen Juliana. He d. October 1842, having had issue, three sons and at least three daughters:

1) H.M. George* Augustus Frederic II, King of the Mosquito Nation (s/o Queen Juliana) - see below.
2) Prince William Clarence*. b. 1833 (s/o Queen Juliana), educ. in Belize and in England. He d. in England, 1848.
3) Prince Alexander (s/o Queen Juliana).
1) Princess Matilda. b. 1830 (d/o a junior wife), educ. Moravian Mission Sch., Bluefields. m. and had issue:
- a) H.E. Jonathan Charles Frederick, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito - see below.
- b) Robert Frederick, Heir Apparent of the Mosquito Kings - see below.
2) Princess Agnes Ana Frederic. b. 1831 (d/o Queen Juliana), educ. Moravian Mission Sch., Bluefields. Approved the cession of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) to Nicaragua against the wishes of her brother, the king, January 1848, For a brief time in 1849, she was considered a possible heir to the Miskito throne. m. Michael Hodgson, Mbr. Cncl. of State to 1860, and of the Mosquito General Cncl. from 1860, a descendant of Colonel Robert Hodgson, Jnr., British Superintendent of the Mosquito Coast 1767-1777.
3) Princess Victoria. b. 1841 (d/o Queen Juliana), educ. Moravian Mission Sch., Bluefields. m. Henry Clarence, a Miskito Indian, by whom she had issue, at least two sons:
- a) H.E. William Henry Clarence, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito- see below.
- b) ... Clarence, who had issue, a son:
  - i) H.E. Robert Henry Clarence, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito - see below.

*these two princes have been confused as a single individual as a consequence of an error in the writings of E.G. Squier, who omitted a comma when listing the King's sons in his testimony. "…the Princes George, William Clarence and Alexander…" being entered as "… the Princes George William Clarence and Alexander…". He then continued the error in all his subsequent writings, along with a number of other mistakes on dates and people, confusion many others who followed.

1842 - 1865 H.M. George Augustus Frederic II, King of the Mosquito Nation. b. 1832, educ. Moravian Mission Sch., Bluefields and in Jamaica. Succeeded on the death of his father, October 1842. Reigned under a Council of Regency composed of Prince Wellington, General Lowry Robinson and Colonel Johnson, 1842-1845. Removed his capital to Bluefields in 1844. Crowned at St John's Cathedral, Belize, 12^th May 1845. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age, and assumed full ruling powers, 1854. Forced to change his title from King to 'Hereditary Chief of Mosquito' as a consequence of the Treaty of Managua of 1860. Received the uniform of a post Captain RN, 1845. m. after 1860, a negro lady. He d.s.p. at Bluefields, 27^th November 1865, having had issue, several sons (all deemed ineligible to succeed him).

1865 - 1879 H.E. William Henry Clarence, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito. b. 1856, educ. privately at Kingston, Jamaica. Succeeded on the death of his uncle, 27^th November 1865. Crowned, ca. 23^rd May 1866. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age and assumed full ruling powers, 1874. He d. (posioned) 5^th May 1879.

1879 - 1888 H.E. George William Albert Hendy, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito, grandson of H.M. George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Mosquito Nation. Elected after the death of his cousin, 23^rd May 1879. He d. 8^th November 1888 (succ. by his brother).

1888 - 1889 H.E. Andrew Hendy, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito, grandson of H.M. George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Mosquito Nation. Succeeded on the death of his brother, 8^th November 1888. Abdicated in favour of his cousin, 8^th March 1889. He d. at Rayapura, Rio Wangki, after 1905.

1889 - 1890 H.E. Jonathan Charles Frederick, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito, son of Princess Matilda, daughter of H.M. Robert Charles Frederic, King of the Mosquito Nation, by a junior wife. Succeeded after the abdication of his cousin, 8^th March 1889. He d. from alcoholism, ca. 8^th July 1890.

1890 - [1908] H.E. Robert Henry Clarence, Hereditary Chief of Mosquito. b. 1873, grandson of Princess Victoria, educ. privately and at the Moravian Mission Sch., Bluefields. Succeeded on the death of his cousin, July 1890. Crowned at Pearl City, 24^th March 1891. Deposed 12^th February 1894, after Bluefields was invaded and occupied by Nicaraguan troops. Restored after British intervention induced them to retire in July 1894. Deposed again after a second invasion, when all American and British residents were forcibly removed to Managua and the town of Bluefields reduced to 500 souls, 7^th August 1894. Rescued by a British warship which took him into exile together with 200 refugees to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, and later to Jamaica. Granted a pension by the British government of £1,785 per annum. m. Irene Morrison. He d. after an operation at the Public General Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica, 6^th January 1908, having had issue, two chuldren, including a daughter:

1) Princess Mary Clarence. b. posthumously, 1908. m. and had issue, a son:
- a) Morton.

[1908 - after 1928] Robert Frederick, Heir Apparent to the Mosquito Kingdom. b. ca. 1855. Succeeded on the death of his cousin, as Heir Apparent to the Mosquito Kingdom, 6^th January 1908? He d. at Aubrayeri, Wanks Rivers, after 1928.

[In 1977] Norton Cuthbert Clarence, Heir Apparent to the Mosquito Kingdom. Possibly a grandson of Robert Henry Clarence (same as Morton?).

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