William Bligh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Bligh

officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1754

Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1817

Profession: sailor, politician, military officer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vice-Admiral William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator.
The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; after being set adrift in Bounty's launch by the mutineers, Bligh and his loyal men all reached Timor alive, after a journey of 3,618 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,160 mi). Seventeen years after the Bounty mutiny, on 13 August 1806, 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.
His actions directed against the trade resulted in the so-called Rum Rebellion, during which Bligh was placed under arrest on 26 January 1808 by the New South Wales Corps and deposed from his command, an act which the British Foreign Office later declared to be illegal.
He died in Lambeth, London, on 7 December 1817.