Bligh may refer to:

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Anna Bligh Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party. ...

(born 1960), Australian politician * Beatrice Bligh (1916–1973), Australian gardener * George Miller Bligh (1780–1834), British naval officer, son of Richard Rodney Bligh *

Jasmine Bligh Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 – 21 July 1991) was an English broadcaster and television announcer for the BBC. In the late 1930s, she was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters, and she, along with Leslie Mitchell and Eli ...

(1913–1991), British television presenter * Richard Bligh (1780–1838), British barrister * Richard Rodney Bligh (1737–1821), British naval officer *

Thomas Bligh Lieutenant-General Thomas Bligh (1685–1775) was a British Army officer best known for his service during the Seven Years' War when he led a series of amphibious raids, known as " descents" on the French coastline. Despite initial success in th ...

(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 William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was a Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Royal Navy vice-admiral and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808. He is best known for his role in the Muti ...

(1754–1817), British naval officer whose command of 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 games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

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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 born of an English family. Early life He was the son of Elizabeth (née Napier) Bligh and Thomas Bligh (1654–1710) of Plymouth, a Commissioner of Cus ...

(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 of Cobham, Kent, was an Irish peer born of an English family who resided in Kent. The eldest son of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Lady Theodosia ...

(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. Early life He was the son of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, and succeeded ...

(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 ...

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

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

(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 pa ...

(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 Marylebo ...

(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 oth ...

(1851–1900) *

Lodovick Bligh Lodovick Edward Bligh JP (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. Early life Bligh was born on 24 November 1854 into the Dar ...

(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 Engl ...

(1859–1927), cricketer who captained the

England cricket team The England men's cricket team represents cricket in England, England and cricket in Wales, Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Maryleb ...

in 1882/3 in Australia *

Algernon Bligh Algernon Stuart Bligh (6 October 1888 – 27 December 1952) played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset from 1922 to 1926, appearing in 12 games in 1925. He was born in Marylebone, London and died at Minehead, Somerset. ...

(1888–1952), English cricketer

Given name

Bligh Madris Bligh John Madris (born February 29, 1996) is an American-Palauan professional baseball outfielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Amateur ...

, (born 1996), American baseball player

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* HMS ''Bligh'' (K-467) a Buckley class destroyer escort, named after William Bligh *

Bligh Water In 1789 the English Royal Navy Cutter ''Bounty'' commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh was overtaken by 18 crew led by Master's Mate Fletcher Christian in what has been named the " Mutiny on the Bounty." The area known as the Bligh Water is the bo ...

, 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 operati ...

, a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, named after William Bligh *

Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park Bligh Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park encompasses several islands in Nootka Sound, including Bligh Island, the Villaverde Islands, and the Pantoja Islands. See also *William Bligh ...

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 subantarctic, sub-Antarctic region. They are among the Extremes on Earth#Remoteness, most i ...

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

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''