Richard Rodney Bligh
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Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Eventually rising to the rank of admiral, he
Richard Rodney Bligh
George Miller Bligh
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Captain George Miller Bligh was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was present aboard HMS V
Richard Rodney Bligh
…23 April 1804. He then resigned and retired from active service. Bligh married Ann Worsley, daughter of Sir Edward Worsley in 1765. They had one son, George Miller Bligh, who went on to become a captain in the Navy. The couple also had four daughters, two of whom married naval officers, and three of whom went on to have…
George Miller Bligh in 1808, painted by Mather Brown
Devis's painting, with Bligh depicted in the far right, facing to the left and holding his side.