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'''Daniel Searle''' was an English tobacco planter and [[List of Governors of Barbados|Governor of Barbados]] from 1652 to 1660.

He was appointed governor in 1652 when the island was captured by a [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] naval force under Sir [[George Ayscue]].{{sfn|Coldham|1987|p=252}} 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 (Royal Navy officer)|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 [[Stuart Restoration|The Restoration]] of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] in 1660, when he was succeeded by [[Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham|Francis Willoughby]], although he retained his seat on the colony council.

Searle's brother [[Robert Searle|Robert]] was a privateer best known for his raid on Spanish controlled [[St. Augustine, Florida]] in 1668.{{sfn|Brooks|2016|p=?}}

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Cite book |last=Brooks|first=Baylus C|title=Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World|date=2016 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1365258855}}
* {{Cite book |last=Coldham|first=Peter Wilson|title=The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1660|date=1987 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0806311920}}

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