St. Philip, Barbados - Sam Lord's Castke (Hotel) - postcard c.1980s, stamp

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• Picture / Image:  "Stately Sam Lord's Castle, St. Philip" [Barbados]
• Publisher: Antillean Greetings Inc., Bridgetown, Barbados
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Barbados 45c flower stamp
• Postmark(s): 1990 faint postmark - hand dated 1990
• Sent to:  Ontario, Canada
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Samuel Hall Lord (1778 – 5 November 1844), also known as Sam Lord, was one of the most famous buccaneers on the island of Barbados. Lord amassed great wealth for his castle-mansion in Barbados. He did this through the direct plundering of ships stranded in the coral reefs just off the coast of his estate (UN/LOCODE: BB SLC). According to legend, Sam Lord would hang lanterns high in the coconut trees around his estate. Passing ships far out at sea would think it was the port city of Bridgetown and would sail towards the reef in the area, leading them to wreck their ships. Sam Lord would then board the ships and keep the riches for his castle, which stood in the parish of Saint Philip.[1]

Eventually his castle estate was turned into a hotel called the Sam Lord's Castle. However, due to massive debt this hotel was auctioned off and parts of it were scheduled to be demolished to make way for a larger hotel development on the property by the new owners.[2][citation needed] In 2007 Sam Lord's Castle was bought by CLICO (Barbados), but due to financial woes, the redevelopment didn't happen. For a while the Government of Barbados was proposing a buy-out. On 20 October 2010 Sam Lord's Castle was gutted by a major fire.[3][4]

The castle and surrounding property were eventually acquired by the Wyndham Hotel Group. Construction on a new resort started in 2017.[5] Architect's plans show the castle walls stabilized as a preserved ruin.[6]