Sam Hall Lord

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Samuel Hall Lord "Sam Lord" (1778-1844) was one of the most famous buccaneers on the island of Barbados. Sam Lord as he was usually known, ammased himself a great wealth for his castle-mansion in Barbados. He did this through the direct plundering of ships stranded in the coral reefs just off the coast of his estate. According to legend, Sam Lord would hang lanterns high in the coconut trees around his estate. Passing ships far out at sea would think it was the port city of Bridgetown and would sail towards the reef in the area leading them to wreckship. Sam Lord would then board the ships and keep the riches for his castle that existed in the parish of Saint Philip.

Eventually his castle estate was turned into a hotel called the Sam Lord's Castle. However due to massive debt this hotel was auctioned off and parts of it are scheduled to be demolished in 2006 to make way for a larger hotel development on the property by the new owners.[1]^{[citation needed]}