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Gen. William Walker, between 1855 and 1865. [Physician, lawyer, journalist, filibusterer and mercenary. Involved in 'military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of occupying the local nations and establishing slave-hold colonies'. Taken prisoner by the British Navy and turned over to Honduran authorities, sentenced to death, and executed by firing squad].