He used the title Captain , which suggests he may have sometime sailed ships out of Port Whitby .
John Bengough was politically active : he advocated social reforms such as the Georgist single tax and had several Town Council appointments , though he never held political office .
John Bengough used the title Captain , which suggests John Bengough may have sometime sailed ships out of Port Whitby .
John Bengough was politically active : he advocated social reforms such as the Georgist single tax and had several Town Council appointments , though he never held political office .