Conspiracy on the Bounty - Blighs Convenient Mutiny

He took a great interest in his crew's exercise, was very careful about the quality of their food, and insisted upon the Bounty ' s being kept very clean. He tried unsuccessfully to check the spread of venereal disease among the men. Edwards is often made out to be the cruel man that Hollywood has portrayed Bligh as being. Yet, when Pandora ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef , three prisoners were immediately let out of the prison cell to help at the pumps.

Finally, Captain Edwards gave orders to release the other 11 prisoners, to which end Joseph Hodges, the armourer's mate, went into the cell to remove the prisoners' irons. Unfortunately, before he could finish the job, the ship sank. Four of the prisoners and 31 of the crew died during the sinking.

More prisoners would likely have perished, had not William Moulter, a bosun's mate, unlocked their cages before jumping off the sinking vessel. In October , Bligh was honourably acquitted at the court-martial inquiring into the loss of Bounty. Of the 10 surviving prisoners eventually brought home in spite of Pandora' s loss, four were acquitted, owing to Bligh's testimony that they were non-mutineers that Bligh was obliged to leave on Bounty because of lack of space in the launch.

Two others were convicted because, while not participating in the mutiny, they were passive and did not resist.

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They subsequently received royal pardons. One was convicted but excused on a technicality. The remaining three were convicted and hanged. The following is a letter to Bligh's wife, written from Coupang , Timor , Dutch East Indies circa June , in which the first reference to events on Bounty is made.

I am now, for the most part, in a part of the world I never expected, it is however a place that has afforded me relief and saved my life, and I have the happiness to assure you that I am now in perfect health Know then my own Dear Betsy, that I have lost the Bounty He with several others came into my Cabin while I was a Sleep, and seizing me, holding naked Bayonets at my Breast, tied my Hands behind my back, and threatened instant destruction if I uttered a word. I however call'd loudly for assistance, but the conspiracy was so well laid that the Officers Cabbin Doors were guarded by Centinels, so Nelson, Peckover, Samuels or the Master could not come to me.

The Secrisy of this Mutiny is beyond all conception so that I can not discover that any who are with me had the least knowledge of it. It is unbeknown to me why I must beguile such force. Tom Ellison took such a liking to Otaheite [Tahiti] that he also turned Pirate, so that I have been run down by my own Dogs Nothing but true consciousness as an Officer that I have done well could support me To You my Love I give all that an affectionate Husband can give —.

After his exoneration by the court-martial inquiry into the loss of Bounty , Bligh remained in the Royal Navy. During this voyage, Bligh also collected samples of the ackee fruit of Jamaica , introducing it to the Royal Society in Britain upon his return. In April—May, Bligh was one of the captains whose crews mutinied over "issues of pay and involuntary service for common seamen" during the Nore mutiny.

Haarlem , Alkmaar and Vrijheid. While the Dutch suffered serious casualties, only seven seamen were wounded on Director. Bligh went on to serve under Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April , in command of Glatton , a gun ship of the line , which was experimentally fitted exclusively with carronades. After the battle, Nelson personally praised Bligh for his contribution to the victory. He sailed Glatton safely between the banks while three other vessels ran aground.

When Nelson pretended not to notice Admiral Parker 's signal "43" stop the battle and kept the signal "16" hoisted to continue the engagement, Bligh was the only captain in the squadron who could see that the two signals were in conflict. By choosing to fly Nelson's signal, he ensured that all the vessels behind him kept fighting. Bligh had gained the reputation of being a firm disciplinarian.

He arrived in Sydney on 6 August , [21] to become the fourth governor. As his wife Elizabeth had been unwilling to undertake a long sea voyage, Bligh was accompanied by his daughter Mary Putland who would be the Lady of Government House; Mary's husband John Putland was appointed as William Bligh's aide-de-camp.

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They included the wealthy landowner and businessman John Macarthur and prominent Crown representatives such as the colony's principal surgeon, Thomas Jamison , and senior officers of the New South Wales Corps. Jamison and his military associates were defying government regulations by engaging in private trading ventures for profit: Bligh was determined to put a stop to this practice. The conflict between Bligh and the entrenched colonists culminated in another mutiny, the Rum Rebellion , [23] when, on 26 January , soldiers of the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston marched on Government House in Sydney to arrest Bligh.

A petition written by John Macarthur and addressed to George Johnston was written the day of the arrest but most of the signatures were gathered in the days after Bligh's overthrow. Bligh failed to gain support from the authorities in Hobart to retake control of New South Wales, and remained effectively imprisoned on the Porpoise from until January Shortly after Bligh's arrest, a watercolour illustrating the arrest by an unknown artist was exhibited in Sydney at perhaps Australia's first public art exhibition.

The two soldiers in the watercolour are most likely John Sutherland and Michael Marlborough and the other figure on the far right is believed to represent Lieutenant William Minchin. Of interest, however, was Bligh's concern for the more recently arrived settlers in the colony, who did not have the wealth and influence of Macarthur and Jamison.

From the tombstones in Ebenezer and Richmond cemeteries areas being settled west of Sydney during Bligh's tenure as governor , can be seen the number of boys born around to who received "William Bligh" as a given name , e.

William Bligh Turnbull b. Bligh received a letter in January , advising him that the rebellion had been declared illegal, and that the British Foreign Office had declared it to be a mutiny. Lachlan Macquarie had been appointed to replace him as governor. At this news Bligh sailed from Hobart. He arrived in Sydney on 17 January only two weeks into Macquarie's tenure. He departed to attend the trial on 12 May , arriving on 25 October In the days immediately prior to their departure, his daughter, Mary Putland widowed in , was hastily married to the new Lieutenant-Governor Maurice Charles O'Connell and remained in Sydney.

The following year, the trial's presiding officers sentenced Johnston to be cashiered , a form of disgraceful dismissal that entailed surrendering his commission in the Royal Marines without compensation. This was a comparatively mild punishment which enabled Johnston to return, a free man, to New South Wales, where he could continue to enjoy the benefits of his accumulated private wealth.

Bligh was court martialled twice again during his career, being acquitted both times. Soon after Johnston's trial had concluded, Bligh received a backdated promotion to rear admiral.

In he was promoted again, to vice admiral of the blue. Significantly perhaps, he never again received an important command, though with the Napoleonic Wars almost over there would have been few fleet commands available. Its purpose was to clear a sandbar by Venturi action.

As a result of its building, North Bull Island was formed by the sand cleared by the river's now more narrowly focused force. Mary's, Lambeth this church is now the Garden Museum. His tomb, notable for its use of Coade stone Lithodipyra , a compound of clay and other materials which was moulded in imitation of carved stonework and fired in a kiln.

This stoneware was produced by Eleanor Coade at her factory in Lambeth. The tomb is topped by an eternal flame, not a breadfruit. Bligh is humorously portrayed in Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 's short story "Frenchman's Creek" as a competent but irascible and tactless surveyor sent to a small fishing village in Cornwall during the Napoleonic Wars. His accent and strong language being misunderstood by the locals as French, he is temporarily imprisoned as a spy.

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As pressure was mounting on Bligh, on 19 April he made this curious remark in his journal: Yet another case of a disappearing journal: Following the mutiny on the Bounty, after Bligh returned safely to England, and before Bligh received his commission to the Providence, Governor Phillip in Sydney Cove was seething. Sailing master, and rookie Freemason, twenty-two years William Bligh, seen posing here in silk cravat and bob-wig civilian aplomb; his shirt pinned with a masonic square and compass badge enlarged. Without heading into a labyrinth of critiques let us compare the verdicts of five recognized works: The execution took place […].

Doing away with euphemisms, Hunt has cited material or […]. Arguments abound as to why this is so? The Bounty screenplay A seemingly unnecessary disclaimer during the end credits of this classic movie states that 35 years later, only John Adams and his new English-Tahitian mixed race family was found on Pitcairn Island by a passing British warship.

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