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	William Bligh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		William Bligh (September 9, 1754 - December 7, 1817) was the British Royal Navy commanding officer of HMS Bounty, on which the Mutiny on the Bounty occurred.
		Bligh was born in Plymouth, a seaport in south-west England, and went to sea at the age of fifteen.
		William Bligh died at the age of 64, on December 7th, 1817 and was buried in a family plot at Lambeth.
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	William Bligh - MSN Encarta
		In 1787 Bligh was sent by the British government to Tahiti as commander of the Bounty.
		In 1805 Bligh was appointed governor of the colony of New South Wales, Australia.
		In 1808 the civil and military officers of the colony, dissatisfied with Bligh's harsh rule, deposed Bligh in the Rum Rebellion.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566019/Bligh_William.html (187 words)

	William Bligh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator.
		Bligh was born on September 9, 1754 to Francis and Jane Bligh (née Balsam) in Plymouth, although of a Cornish family.
		Bligh died in Bond Street, London on 6 December 1817 and was buried in a family plot at St. Mary's, Lambeth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Bligh (2316 words)

	After The Bounty - William Bligh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Bligh designed the Bull Walls at the mouth of the Liffey in Dublin, to ensure the mouth of the Liffey did not silt up and prevented a sandbar forming.
		Bligh was buried in a family plot at Lambeth.
		Blighs house is marked by a plaque a block east of the Museum.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /AAS9989/william-bligh-after-the-bounty.html (128 words)

	Captain William Bligh of the 'Bounty'
		Bligh and his companions agreed that their only chance was to reach Timor, 3,600 miles away, with stops at various islands on he way to replenish food and water supplies.
		Bligh, he declared, had immediately flown into a rage, accused him of obtaining land grants by false representations, and asserted that he would not be manipulated like the Secretary of State or the Privy Council.
		Bligh's naval career had seasoned him to danger but it had not fitted him for a difficult administrative post, and he was quite unable to cope with the intrigue that surrounded him.
	www.janesoceania.com /captbligh (4839 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| British Heritage \| William Bligh
		For 200 years, William Bligh has been known as the tyrant of the Bounty, but he was probably not the villain legend depicts, and the famous mutiny was just one of the many dramatic events in his stormy life.
		Bligh's own assumption was that the mutineers had plotted to overthrow him so that they could return to Tahiti and avoid a comparatively mundane existence in England or the hardships of navy life.
		Bligh was known to have had a foul mouth, but so did most sailors of his day, and mutiny seems too exaggerated a response to attribute to crude language.
	www.historynet.com /bh/blwilliambligh (1098 words)

	William Bligh - Portrait of an Artist
		William Bligh, who crossed the vast Pacific Ocean in an open boat with 18 companions after being cast adrift by the Bounty mutineers, has become a legendary figure of maritime history.
		For Bligh the object of these voyages was "the advancement of science, and the increase of Knowledge." This was a policy ardently encouraged by his patron, Sir Joseph Banks, and nowhere was its implementation more evident than during Bligh's travels in Tasmania, whose many curious inhabitants stimulated his interest in the natural world.
		A sketch of a heron by William Bligh
	www.janesoceania.com /captbligh1/index.htm (1462 words)

	William Bligh
		The Bligh family were resident in the parish of St. Tudy from at least 1680 and a John Bligh (or Blygh) of Bodmin was a commissioner for the suppression of monasteries in the reign of
		William Bligh was born at Tinten Manor, St. Tudy on September 9th, 1754, the only son of Francis Bligh (died Dec 27, 1780) and his wife, Jane Pearce, a widow whose maiden name was Balsam.
		In 1805, Bligh was sent to New South Wales as Governor, but once again his oppressive manner contributed to an uprising, in Sydney in 1808 –; the Rum Rebellion – he had attempted to end the use of rum as a form of currency.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/wmbligh.shtml (1224 words)

	Governor William Bligh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Bligh received a signed address from 135 "free inhabitants of Sydney" who were also annoyed that John Macarthur would have the audacity to sign on their behalf.
		The signatories then drew up for Governor Bligh their bill of rights, asking him, amongst other requests, to restore freedom of trade, to allow commodities to be bought and sold in a fair open market and to prevent monopolies and extortion which was currently being practised.
		Bligh delayed his departure to England after the rebellion by spending a lot of time at his Hawkesbury farm, knowing he would be safe surrounded by the local settlers who were his friends and allies.
	www.hawkesburyhistory.org.au /articles/bligh.html (758 words)

	William Bligh Biography
		William Bligh (September 9, 1754 - December 7, 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy with final rank of Vice Admiral, who is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMAV Bounty.
		Bligh was born in Plymouth, a seaport in south-west England, and went to sea at the age of eight.
		Bligh was confident in his navigational skills and considering his first responsibility to be getting word of the mutiny as soon as possible to British vessels that could pursue the mutineers, so he embarked instead on a 3200-mile voyage to Timor.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Bligh_William.html (628 words)

	Clontarf Online - William Bligh
		William Bligh, British naval officer and marine surveyor, was born in Plymouth, England on the 4th October 1754.
		In April 1789 Bligh's skills as a navigator of the highest quality was demonstrated by his ability to sail the Bounty's lifeboat, which was 23 foot long and 6' 9'' wide, from the island of Torfoa to the island of Timor, a distance of 3618 miles, with only a sextant as a navigational aid.
		Captain William Bligh was invited to survey Dublin bay by the director general of inland navigation.
	website.lineone.net /~clontarf/bligh.htm (414 words)

	Captain William Bligh - Cornish History - The Magic of Cornwall
		Bligh now embarked on a course to gain his commission, and so in 1781 he married Elizabeth Betham, daughter of the Collector of Customs for the Isle of Man and later that year he was commissioned to the rank of lieutenant.
		Bligh's boat was only 23ft long by 6ft 9ins wide but after first landing on the island of Torfoa (one of the Friendly Isles) he decided to sail for the Dutch held island of Timor, a distance of some 3618 nautical miles.
		Bligh returned to Britain in 1790 and was cleared of all blame for the mutiny, paving the way for the resumption of his naval career, becoming Captain of the sloop HMS Falcon, followed by appointments to HMS Medea and HMS Providence.
	www.themagicofcornwall.com /Pages/history/bligh.htm (1624 words)

	Captain William Bligh - PlantExplorers.com™
		Bligh was appointed Master on the H. Resolution, and was responsible for the navigation of both ships on Cook's mission to continue exploring the Pacific.
		William Bligh, commander of the HMAV Bounty (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) at the age of 33, was charged with conducting the first part of Sir Joseph Banks' experiment to transplant a major food crop from one part of the world to another.
		William Bligh went on to have a long and relatively distinguished career in the British Navy, despite the fact that the family of his former colleague, Fletcher Christian, did their level best to discredit him.
	www.plantexplorers.com /Explorers/Biographies/Captain/Bligh.htm (947 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		William Bligh was born on 9 September 1754 at Plymouth, a son of a Customs officer.
		Bligh and eighteen of the crew were set adrift in the launch, with a few provisions.
		Bligh was sent on a secret mission to Yarmouth to see Admiral Duncan and gather intelligence on the state of the fleet and whether loyal ships could be used to against the mutineers.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_william_bligh.htm (2541 words)

	William Bligh Biography \| scit_041_package.xml
		Bligh was born on September 9, 1754, in Plymouth.
		Bligh had at least learned from Cook how to forestall scurvy by supplying the men with lemon juice, and even kept a fiddler aboard to play while the men danced—a much-needed form of exercise.
		Bligh himself was exonerated by default, though a number of figures in the British government criticized his harsh leadership style, which in their view had helped precipitate the revolt.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-bligh-scit-041 (894 words)

	William Bligh
		Bligh and 18 loyal members of the crew were cast adrift in the Bounty's launch.
		Bligh's reforms in New South Wales brought him into conflict with the leading men of the colony, notably John MacArthur.
		Bligh and unmarried daughters moved from London to a Manor House in Farningham, near Maidstone, Kent.
	www.britainunlimited.com /Biogs/Bligh.htm (439 words)

	William Bligh Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		William Bligh (1754-1817) was an English naval captain and a colonial governor of New South Wales, Australia.
		William Bligh was born on Sept. 9, 1754, in Plymouth, where his father was a customs officer.
		But Bligh's strong will, violent temper, and foul tongue totally eclipsed his attainments at times, and in 1805 he was reprimanded for using insulting language to a junior officer.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-bligh (492 words)

	William Bligh ~ 1754-1817
		William Bligh went to sea at the age of eight.
		Bligh wrote of his voyages in his book, A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.
		The stamp shows Bligh with a map of the western Pacific, a breadfruit plant, and an enlarged map of the island of Timor.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/bligh.htm (277 words)

	HMS BOUNTY MISSION TO TAHITI FOR BREADFRUIT CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH AND FLETCHER CHRISTIAN MUTINY AND SETTLING ON ...
		William Bligh, the Captain of the expedition, was born September 9, 1754.
		Bligh had learned from Captain Cook that the well being of the crew is of paramount importance in the success of any mission.
		William Bligh was promoted to Captain, given command of HMS Providence and with the escort vessel Assistant, was dispatched to Tahiti for another breadfruit mission.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/hms_bounty.htm (3221 words)

	Captain William Bligh quiz -- free game
		Bligh and 18 loyalists from the "HMS Bounty" were set adrift in a 23 foot longboat.
		Bligh was censured for losing the ship, but reinstated as a lieutenant.
		Bligh first went to sea at the age of seven, and served in the navy for most of his life.
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	Captain Bligh
		The Bligh family were resident in the parish of St. Tudy from at least 1680 and a John Bligh (or Blygh) of Bodmin was a commissioner for the suppression of monasteries in reign of Henry IV.
		William Bligh was born at Tinten Manor St.
		‘William Bligh was born at Tinten Manor on 9
	www.sttudy.org.uk /Bligh/bligh.htm (1190 words)

	channel4.com - Real Lives - Captain Bligh
		William Bligh is remembered today as the sadistic martinet who provoked the mutiny on the Bounty.
		Bligh's relations with the crew were not helped by his health-oriented shipboard regime; dancing was compulsory, and the diet included sauerkraut and limejuice to protect the men from scurvy.
		The real William Bligh was a great captain and an outstanding navigator, but a man whose puritanical discipline, irascible temperament and class-based grudges made him a formidable enemy.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/R/real_lives/bligh.html (981 words)

	Borders - Feature - A Practical Kind of Hero: Caroline Alexander on William Bligh and the True Story of the Mutiny on ...
		Bligh's incredible 4,000-mile open-boat journey—which all 19 men with him survived—has been overshadowed by popular mythology, by the image of Bligh as a tyrant and Christian as a hero (a hero portrayed by Clark Gable and Mel Gibson, no less).
		Bligh also did not like most of the men he saved in his own small boat; but he lived in an age where he was not expected to pretend or dissemble; notions of authority and duty, especially in the Navy, were what regulated relations between an officer and his men.
		Transferring this knowledge to Bligh, I was not put off by the fact that certain factions of the Bounty were at odds with their commander; I understood, as popular storytellers have not, that the fact that certain individuals or parties made complaint did not necessarily mean they had reason to complain.
	www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=alexandercaroline (1717 words)

	William Bligh
		His mother died when William was 14, but it was very early when his parents had decided on as Naval career for their young son.
		At its conclusion, Bligh stood strongly behind his ship's crew, and was commended by both seaman and officer alike for his handling of the affair.
		William Bligh does not deserve his popular reputation as a cruel villain.
	www.lareau.org /bligh.html (1162 words)

	The Blackheath Connection - William Bligh Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		William Bligh is famously famous, for being "one of Captain Cook's men", for being the victim of "the Mutiny on the Bounty", for his magnificent open boat voyage to Timor, and later for being deposed as governor of New South Wales.
		From one angle of vision, and the simplest, human, angle, Bligh was the husband of a niece of the overseer of the Thames Prison Hulks, and a West Indian merchant, Duncan Campbell (d.
		Evatt, Rum Rebellion: A Study of the Overthrow of the Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps.
	www.danbyrnes.com.au /blackheath/bligh.htm (1136 words)

	Bligh William - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Bligh, William (1754-1817), British naval officer, born in Plymouth.
		This report on the agreement between William Bligh and William Paterson appeared in The Times on December 22, 1809.
		The northern islands of the Cook Islands were most probably settled around ad 800 by migrants from the west—Samoa and Tonga.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Bligh_William.html (113 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bligh, William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Bligh, William BLIGH, WILLIAM [Bligh, William], 1754-1817, British admiral.
		Bounty BOUNTY [Bounty] British naval vessel, a 220-ton (200-metric-ton), 85-ft (26-m) cutter, commanded by William Bligh.
		She set sail for the Pacific in Dec., 1787, to transport breadfruit trees from the Society Islands to the West Indies.
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