Fletcher Christian (1812 – 5 April 1852) served as magistrate of the

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in 1842. Christian was the grandson of

Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS ''Bounty'' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the ''Bounty'', Christian sei ...

, the ''

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'' mutineer, through his son Charles Christian. He was the cousin of

Thursday October Christian II Thursday October Christian II (1 October 1820 – 27 May 1911)"thePeerage.com - Gonzalo, Rey de Sobrarbe and others" (family tree), April 16, 2006, ''thePeerage.com'' webpage was a Pitcairn Islands political leader. He was the grandson of Fl ...

. Like Thursday, Christian was of Polynesian descent from 3 of his grandparents. His mother was Sully,Fletcher Christian
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Teio Teio, also known as Te'o, Mary, and Sore Mummy, (died March 14, 1829) was a Tahitian woman who settled on Pitcairn Island with the ''Bounty'' mutineers. Alongside Mauatua and Teraura, she is one of the island's six original matriarchs. The Tahiti ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Fletcher Ii Pitcairn Islands people of English descent Pitcairn Islands people of Manx descent Pitcairn Islands people of Polynesian descent Pitcairn Islands politicians 1812 births 1852 deaths