William Bligh - Death

Death

Bligh died in Bond Street, London on 6 December 1817 and was buried in a family plot at St. Mary's, Lambeth (this church is now the Garden Museum). His tomb, notable for its use of Lithodipyra (Coade stone), is topped by a breadfruit.

A plaque marks Bligh's house, one block east of the Garden Museum at 100 Lambeth Road, near the Imperial War Museum.

His descendants include the former Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh.

He was also related to Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh and Captain George Miller Bligh.

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