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    William Bligh

    Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (–)

    Not to be confused with William Blight.

    William Bligh

    FRS

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    In office
    13 August &#;– 26 January
    MonarchGeorge III
    LieutenantWilliam Paterson
    Preceded byPhilip Gidley King
    Succeeded byLachlan Macquarie
    Born()9 September
    Plymouth, Devon (or St Tudy, Cornwall), England
    Died7 December () (aged&#;63)
    London, England
    Resting placeSt Mary-at-Lambeth, Lambeth, London, England
    Spouse

    Elizabeth Betham

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    Children8, including Mary Putland
    OccupationNaval officer, colonial administrator
    Known forMutiny on the Bounty
    Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
    Years&#;of service–[a]
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    RankVice-Admiral of the Blue
    Battles/wars
    AwardsNaval Gold Medal

    Vice-AdmiralWilliam BlighFRS (9 September – 7 December ) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administra

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    Governor William Bligh is deposed in the Rum Rebellion

    Bligh deposed

    On the evening of 26 January Johnston marched almost the entire Corps to Government House where they found Bligh.

    The legend that the governor was hiding under his bed was almost certainly started by the Corps.

    Johnston and Macarthur took control of the colony, proclaiming they represented an end to Bligh’s ‘tyranny’.

    Bligh remained beneath arrest in Government House with his widowed daughter for more than a year – refusing to return to England, despite being under pressure to do so – until relieved bygd a legally appointed successor.

    In March Bligh, under duress, finally agreed to return to England, but once aboard his ship HMS Porpoise he reneged and sailed for Van Diemen’s Land where he sought help from its lieutenant-governor, David Collins.

    Collins refused to help, so Bligh remained in Hobart for another year, mostly aboard the Porpoise, before returning to Sydney i

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    William Bligh

    William Bligh was an officer in the Royal Navy and was the victim of a mutiny on his ship, the Bounty, in

    Bligh (–) had a reputation for having a volatile temper and often clashed with his fellow officers and crewmen. His crew mutinied against him during a return trip from Tahiti in

    Early career

    Bligh, the son of a Plymouth customs officer, went to sea aged seven as a captain's servant on board HM Monmouth. He became a skilled young seaman and navigator and in , aged 22, he was appointed sailing master on HM Resolution, serving under Captain James Cook on his final Pacific voyage. He did fine chart and survey work, published alongside Cook's journals, but resented the lack of kredit received for this. 

    Find out more about Captain James Cook.

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    By he had made lieutenant, and six years later, he was recommended the role of acting captain to command the HM sloop Bounty. This was to lead a mission to transfer