Samson Lamar was a Silesian pirate and starship commander. He served as captain of the Gladiator-class heavy cruiser Predator after taking service in a Mesan scheme in the neighborhood of the Erewhon System. He was involved in the destruction of both the Havenite freighter Windhover, and the Erewhonese destroyer ENS Star Warrior, in addition ot other not publicly known acts of piracy in and around the Tiberian system. Lamar was killed in 1918 PD when his ship was destroyed in the Battle of Tiberian. (HHA4.6: TSotS)