William Bligh

1814 portrait

Personal data

Date of birth

09 September 1754

Place of birth

St Tudy, Cornwall, England, Great Britain

Date of death

7 December 1817(age 63)

Place of death

25 Bond Street, London, England, Great Britan

Resting place

St Mary-at-Lambeth, Lambeth, London, England

Spouse

Elizabeth (Betsy) Betham

Occupation

Vice Admiral

4th Governor of New South Wales

In office

13 August 1806 - 26 January 1808

Succeeded by

Lachlan Macquarie

Preceded by

Philip Gidley King

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Vice Admiral William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754 - 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. A notorious mutiny occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to Timor, after being set adrift by the mutineers in the Bounty's launch. Fifteen years after the Bounty mutiny, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps, resulting in the so-called Rum Rebellion.

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Date	Rank	Ship (number of guns)
1 July 1761 - 21 February 1763	Ship's Boy and Captain's Servant	HMS Monmouth (64)
27 July 1770	Able Seaman	HMS Hunter (10)
5 February 1771	Midshipman	HMS Hunter
22 September 1771	Midshipman	HMS Crescent (28)
2 September 1774	Able Seaman	HMS Ranger
30 September 1775	Master's mate	HMS Ranger
20 March 1776 - October 1780	Master	HM Sloop Resolution (12)
14 February 1781	Master	HMS Belle Poule
5 October 1781	Lieutenant	HMS Berwick (74)
1 January 1782	Lieutenant	HMS Princess Amelia (80)
20 March 1782	Lieutenant	HMS Cambridge (80)
14 January 1783	Joins Merchant Service
1785	Commanding Lieutenant	Merchant Vessel Lynx
1786	Lieutenant	Merchant Vessel Britannia
1787	Returns to Royal Navy
16 August 1787	Lieutenant CommanderCommanding Lieutenant	HM Armed Vessel Bounty
14 November 1790	Commander	HM Brig-sloop Falcon (14)
15 December 1790	Captain	HMS Medea (28) (for rank only)
16 April 1791 - 1793	Captain	(28)
16 April 1795	Captain	HMS Calcutta (24)
7 January 1796	Captain	HMS Director (64)
18 March 1801	Captain	HMS Glatton (56)
12 April 1801	Captain	HMS Monarch (74)
8 May 1801 - 28 May 1802	Captain	HMS Irresistible (74)
March 1802 - May 1804	Peace of Amiens
2 May 1804	Captain	HMS Warrior (74)
14 May 1805	Appointed Governor of New South Wales
27 September 1805	Captain	HMS Porpoise (12), voyage to New South Wales
13 August 1806 - 26 January 1808	Governor of New South Wales
31 July 1808	Commodore	HMS Porpoise (12), Tasmania
3 April 1810 - 25 October 1810	Commodore	HMS Hindostan (50), returning to England.
31 July 1811	Appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue (backdated to 31 July 1810)
4 June 1814	Appointed Vice Admiral of the Blue

Date

Rank

Ship (number of guns)

1 July 1761 - 21 February 1763

Ship's Boy and Captain's Servant

HMS Monmouth (64)

27 July 1770

Able Seaman

HMS Hunter (10)

5 February 1771

Midshipman

HMS Hunter