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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The Ashes is a love story, the urn presented as a gift of affection from Florence Murphy to England captain Ivo Bligh in 1883.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

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

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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