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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 (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 (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 r ...

(1737–1821), British naval officer *

Thomas Bligh Lieutenant General Thomas Bligh (1685–1775) was an Irish-born British soldier, 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 succes ...

(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 st ...

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 ...

: * John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley (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 H ...

(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 Ear ...

(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 (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) Edward Bligh of Brittas (died 11 April 1872) was an Irish landowner who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totalling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches. ...

(c.1800–1872), cricketer * Edward Vesey Bligh (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 Mary ...

(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 o ...

(1851–1900) * Lodovick Bligh (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. Eng ...

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, 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 l ...

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 a ...

, 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 Place, Melbourne, a street in Melbourne, Victoria * Bligh Roosters, 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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