Bligh

American

[blahy] / blaɪ /

noun

William, 1754–1817, British naval officer: captain of H.M.S. Bounty, the crew of which mutinied 1789.

Bligh British

/ blaɪ /

noun

William . 1754–1817, British admiral; Governor of New South Wales (1806–9), deposed by the New South Wales Corps: as a captain, commander of H.M.S. Bounty when the crew mutinied in 1789

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When England toured Australia later that year, captain Ivo Bligh was given a small terracotta urn purported to contain the ashes of a burnt wooden bail.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

Alyson Lee, 66, of Park Grove, Derby, and Diane Bligh, 77, of Langham Place, Frome, were bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 11 and 12 February respectively.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025

Bligh made it back to Britain in one piece.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Certainly Charles Laughton is at his best in a relentless portrait of the inflexible Capt. Bligh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Captain Bligh of the celebrated mutinous Bounty and his fellow castaways survived forty-seven days.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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