George Spurre

George Spurre (fl. 1678–1683) was an English pirate and buccaneer. He is best known for sacking Campeche and for joining a large buccaneer force which captured Veracruz.

History

In early 1678 Spurre joined with Edward Neville off the coast of Cuba, using a French privateering commission to capture two Spanish vessels. They collected additional crew before sailing to Campeche in July 1678. Spanish forces (including privateer and pirate Juan Corso) retaliated by seizing the camps and ships of logwood cutters on the Campeche coast.

By 1682 he was again known to the Spanish as a pirate, and in early 1683 joined a large buccaneer fleet preparing to raid Veracruz. Spurre was one of only two English captains in the assembly, the other being Jacob Hall. The buccaneers scattered afterwards; Hall sailed to Carolina but Spurre left for French Saint-Domingue, where he died soon after.