William Bligh

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Royal Navy officer colonial governor human navigator

William Bligh was a British naval officer and navigator best known as the captain during the infamous mutiny on the HMS Bounty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
William Bligh canonical 7
Captain William Bligh 3
Bligh 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
appointedAsGovernorOfNewSouthWales 1806 ⓘ
birthDate 1754-09-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
Plymouth ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s, Lambeth ⓘ
causeOfEndOfGovernorship Rum Rebellion ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1817-12-07 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
education Royal Navy seamanship training ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
endOfTermAsGovernorOfNewSouthWales 1808 ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName William Bligh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bligh
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor Mutiny on the Bounty ⓘ
governorship of New South Wales ⓘ
surviving open-boat voyage after the Bounty mutiny ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank vice admiral ⓘ
name William Bligh self-link ⓘ
notableEvent Mutiny on the Bounty ⓘ
notableVoyage open-boat voyage from Tofua to Timor in 1789 ⓘ
notableWork command of HMS Bounty ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shipCommanded HMS Bounty ⓘ
HMS Director ⓘ
HMS Glatton ⓘ
HMS Irresistible ⓘ
HMS Providence ⓘ
HMS Warrior (1860) ⓘ
surface form: HMS Warrior
spouse Elizabeth Betham ⓘ
startTimeOfMarriage 1781 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third voyage of James Cook → includedPerson → William Bligh ⓘ
The Bounty → depictsCharacter → William Bligh ⓘ
Mutiny on the Bounty → characterRole → William Bligh ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
this entity surface form: Captain William Bligh
Charles Laughton → portrayed → William Bligh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Captain William Bligh
William Bligh → name → William Bligh self-link ⓘ
William Bligh → familyName → William Bligh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bligh
Fletcher Christian → servedUnder → William Bligh ⓘ
Fletcher Christian → friendAndSuperiorOfficer → William Bligh ⓘ
Fletcher Christian → ledMutinyAgainst → William Bligh ⓘ
Botanical Gardens, Kingstown → associatedWithPerson → William Bligh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Captain William Bligh
HMS Bounty → commandedBy → William Bligh ⓘ
HMS Bounty → captainRank → William Bligh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant William Bligh