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Definition of Bligh
1. Noun. British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bligh
Literary usage of Bligh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Bligh was forthwith promoted to the rank of commander, ... Bligh further
distinguished himself in the same vear by his intrepidity and address at the mutiny ..."
2. Northmost Australia: Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and by Robert Logan Jack (1921)
"HAVING reached England after his perilous voyage in the open boat, following on
the mutiny of the " Bounty" and written his Narrative, Bligh was given ..."
3. The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia by Samuel Sidney (1859)
"GOVERNOR Bligh—1806 TO 1809. ... Bligh appears to have received his appointment
as governor of New South Wales as a reward for his gallant conduct in ..."
4. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church Or by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1876)
"6 John Bligh ;2 Abingdon Street, Westminster ; died Jan. 30th, aged 65 : in the
North Cloister. March 21 Jane Purslow;8 the Cottage, Tothill Fields; ..."
5. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: Containing the History by John Henniker Heaton (1879)
"After the deposition of Governor Bligh, his successor. ... These were that Bligh
should embark with his family, put to sea, and go straight to England ..."
6. Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical by Arthur Collins, Egerton Brydges (1812)
"Bligh, LORD CLIFTON. ... JOHN Bligh, of London, Esq. Citizen . ... as he tells
us himself* (son of William Bligh, of Plymouth, in Devonshire), descended, ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"On the south side is the following inscription, above which are the arms of Bligh,
viz.: “Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Bligh, ..."
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