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Anna Bligh Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is a lobbyist and former Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2 ...

(born 1960), Australian politician *

George Miller Bligh Captain George Miller Bligh (1780–1834) 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 at the Battle of Trafalgar, and was ...

(1780–1834), British naval officer, son of Richard Rodney Bligh *

Jasmine Bligh Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 – 21 July 1991) was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. Along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, she provided continuity announcements introducing programmes in-vi ...

(1913–1991), British television presenter *

Richard Bligh Richard Bligh (1780-1838), chancery barrister, son of John Bligh and a cousin of Admiral William Bligh, was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1803 and M.A. in 1806. He was called to the bar by th ...

(1780–1838), British barrister *

Richard Rodney Bligh Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, GCB ( bap. 8 November 1737 – 30 April 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the American War of Independence, as well as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually ri ...

(1737–1821), British naval officer *

Thomas Bligh Lieutenant General Thomas Bligh (1685–1775) was an Kingdom of Ireland, Irish-born Kingdom of Great Britain, British soldier, best known for his service during the Seven Years' War when he led a series of amphibious raids, known as "Naval Descen ...

(1685–1775), British army general *

Thomas Bligh (1654–1710) Thomas Bligh (1654 – 28 August 1710) was an Irish politician. Bligh was the son of William Bligh, a prosperous merchant of Plymouth. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Pa ...

, (1654–1710) Irish politician *

William Bligh 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 HMS ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command; after being set adrift i ...

(1754–1817), British naval officer whose command of the HMS ''Bounty'' was challenged by 1789 mutiny Members of the family of the

Earl of Darnley Earl of Darnley is a hereditary title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation in the Scots Peerage came in 1580 in favour of Esme Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, ...

, an English aristocratic family associated with

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

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John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley (28 December 1687 – 12 September 1728), was an Irish peer of the realm, peer born of an English family. Early life He was the son of Elizabeth (née Napier) Bligh and Thomas Bligh (1654–1710), Thomas Bligh (16 ...

(1687–1728), son of

Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (9 November 1715 – 22 July 1747), lord of the manor, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an Irish Peer of the realm, peer born of an English family who resided in Kent. The eldest son of John Bligh, 1st ...

(1715–1747), peer *

John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1 October 1719 – 31 July 1781), styled '' The Hon. John Bligh'' between 1721 and 1747, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British parliamentarian. Background Bligh was the son of John Bligh, 1st Earl ...

(1719–1781), parliamentarian *

John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (30 June 1767 – 17 March 1831), styled Lord Clifton until 1781, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British peer and cricketer. He was the son of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, and succeeded his father ...

(1767–1831), peer and cricketer * General Edward Bligh (1769–1840), soldier, politician and cricketer *

Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, FRS (25 February 1795 – 12 February 1835), styled Lord Clifton until 1831, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British peer and politician. Background Darnley was the second but eldest surviving son of ...

(1795–1835), peer and member of the House of Commons *

John Duncan Bligh Hon. Sir John Duncan Bligh KCB, DL (11 October 1798 – 8 May 1872) was a British diplomat. Background Born in London, he was the second son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley and his wife, Elizabeth, the third daughter of William Brownlow. H ...

(1798–1832), diplomat * Edward Bligh (cricketer, died 1872) (c.1800–1872), cricketer *

Edward Vesey Bligh The Reverend Honourable Edward Vesey Bligh JP DL (28 February 1829 – 22 April 1908) was an English cricketer, diplomat and clergyman. A descendant of the Darnley Earldom in Kent he, along with many other members of his family, acted as a pat ...

(1829–1908), cricketer, diplomat and clergyman *

Henry Bligh Reverend Henry Bligh (10 June 1834 – 4 March 1905) was an English clergyman and cricketer. He played eight first-class cricket matches between 1853 and 1860, five for Kent County Cricket Club, two for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for Ma ...

(1834–1905), clergyman and cricketer *

Edward Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley (21 August 1851 – 31 October 1900), styled Lord Clifton until 1896, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first-class cricket for Kent and for othe ...

(1851–1900) *

Lodovick Bligh Lodovick Edward Bligh (24 November 1854 – 16 May 1924) was an English cricketer. He played ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1878 and 1884. Bligh was a member of the Darnley family, closely associated ...

(1854–1884), cricketer *

Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (13 March 1859 – 10 April 1927), styled The Honourable Ivo Bligh until 1900, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British nobleman, parliamentarian and cricketer. Bligh captained the Engla ...

(1859–1927), cricketer who captained the

England cricket team The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. Engla ...

in 1882/3 in Australia * Algernon Bligh (1888–1952), English cricketer

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* HMS ''Bligh'' (K-467) a Buckley class destroyer escort, named after William Bligh * Bligh Water, a shallow marine area (approximately 9500 km² in extent) in western Fiji, named after William Bligh *

Bligh Reef Bligh Reef, sometimes known as Bligh Island Reef, is a reef off the coast of Bligh Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This was the location of the 1989 ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill. After the incident, 33 US Code § 2733 mandated the operation ...

, a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, named after William Bligh * Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, named after William Bligh * Bligh Cap, former name of Rendez-Vous Islet ( Îlot du Rendez-Vous), an islet in the North-West of the

Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large ...

Electoral district of Bligh Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1962, partly replacing Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley and was an urban electorate, covering 13.03 km² and ...

, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales *

Bligh Park, New South Wales Bligh Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia located near Windsor and Richmond. Bligh Park is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesb ...

, a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia *

Bligh Place, Melbourne Bligh may refer to: Surname * Anna Bligh (born 1960), Australian politician * George Miller Bligh Captain George Miller Bligh (1780–1834) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ...

, a street in Melbourne, Victoria *

Bligh Roosters The Bligh Roosters is a Fijian former rugby union team that had a franchise area covering Tavua, Vatukoula, Ba and Ra.

, a rugby union franchise based in Tavua * ''Bligh'' (TV series), an Australian sitcom starring members of the cast of ''Fast Forward''

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