The former pirate Sir Henry Morgan, who later went on to be governor of Jamaica, was eventually removed from public office… for swearing.

>Lynch petulantly wrote of his rival that he sat in his regular haunts drinking for days on end with the “five or six little sycophants” with whom he traveled. “In his drink,” Lynch wrote, “[Sir Henry](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Henry_Morgan_in_colour.jpg) reflects on the government, swears, damns and curses most extravagantly.” >The thing that finally caused Morgan’s downfall was almost ridiculously petty: Leaving a tavern one night, he was heard to say, “God damn the Assembly.” >The ex-buccaneer denied it, but he was removed from the council and from public service in October 1683. _______________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Aftermath.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 278. Print. _______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Sir Thomas Lynch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_(governor)) [Harri Morgan / Sir Henry Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan)