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William Russell Wilson Bligh

William Russell Wilson Bligh[1]

Male 1827 - 1914  (86 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Russell Wilson Bligh 
    Birth 24 Sep 1827  Longdown Farmhouse, Longdown Hill, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 May 1914  Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I96577  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 11 May 2023 

    Father Richard Bligh,   b. 1785, Cambridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1838, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bligh,   b. 24 Mar 1786, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1854 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1817  St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F38794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Sep 1827 - Longdown Farmhouse, Longdown Hill, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1914 - Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • He arrived in Sydney on 6 December 1838 on the Fairlie aged ten, under the guardianship of his uncle, Major-General, Sir Maurice O’Connell Commander of the Forces.
      William lived until his late teenage years at Sir Maurice’s mansion "Tarmons" at Potts Point.

      in 1859, the New South Wales government dismissed Bligh from the office of the Clerk of Petty Sessions of the Armidale Bench, after complaints were made against him in a petition.

      He later lived for 31 years at "Longdown" on Kissing Point Road, Parramatta East.

      In 1902 he donated William Bligh's log books to the State Library of New South Wales along with many other family papers.

      He lived at "Mascotte", on the corner of Bardwell and Belmont Roads. Mosman. In 1910, he bought a house called "Whiteleaf Cross", in Tourmaline Street, Blackheath (now Park Avenue). William had already been a part-time resident of Blackheath for many years, based at the Ivanhoe Hotel. He was a foundation member of the Civilian Rifle Club, in 1894.

      He never married, and when he died in 1914 he left a considerable estate of £26,000. In his will he left £1,000 to Sydney Hospital, and the rest to the children of his brother, Richard.
      His nephew, William O’Connell Bligh inherited Whiteleaf Cross and its contents.

  • Sources 
    1. [S317] Karl Rowe Anderson, Mutiny on the HMS Bounty, (1998).



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