# Daniel Searle - Acting Governor of Barbados

URL: https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/daniel-searle
Term: 1652 – July 1660
Number in the list: 12
Dynasty: Colonial governors
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Searle_(colonial_administrator)

Daniel Searle, a planter, governed Barbados for the Commonwealth and Protectorate from 1652 until the Restoration. In 1655 he helped raise troops on the island for Cromwell's Western Design, which captured Jamaica.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Sir George Ayscue](https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/sir-george-ayscue)
- Next in list: [Humphrey Walrond](https://allhistories.com/barbados/rulers/humphrey-walrond)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1652 - [Governor Daniel Searle](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1652-governor-daniel-searle)
- 1652 - [Charter of Barbados Signed at Oistins](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1652-charter-of-barbados-signed-at-oistins)
- 1654 - [Jewish Settlers and Nidhe Israel](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1654-jewish-settlers-and-nidhe-israel)
- 1655 - [Drax Hall Built](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1655-drax-hall-built)
- 1655 - [Barbadians in the Western Design](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1655-barbadians-in-the-western-design)
- 1657 - [Ligon's True and Exact History](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1657-ligon-s-true-and-exact-history)
- 1658 - [St Nicholas Abbey Built](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1658-st-nicholas-abbey-built)
- 1660 - [The Restoration in Barbados](https://allhistories.com/barbados/timeline/1660-the-restoration-in-barbados)