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'Death of Sir Andrew Barton', August 1511, (c1880). Sir Andrew Barton (c1466 -2 August 1511) was a Scottish sailor from Leith, who served as High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland, he became notorious in England and Portugal as a 'pirate'. In 1511, cruising the English coast looking for Portuguese ships he and his ships were captured and after a fierce battle with Sir Edward Howard and his brother Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, he died of wounds. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]