William Bligh

(1754-1817)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bligh, William, 1754-1817 NRA: Bligh, William (1754-1817) Vice Admiral DNB: Bligh, William (1754-1817), naval officer and colonial governor LBT ID: WiBligh1817 VIAF ID: 17351052 LOC ID: n50082046	B/BAP: 1754-09-09 DIED: 1817-11-07
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English naval officer; having survived the ordeal of the Bounty mutiny he fought against the French and was governor of New South Wales (1805-08).
REFERENCES TO William Bligh: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 18 Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858) Chapter X. Found 1: ¶ 6