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William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745)
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William Bligh
Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (1754–1817)
William Bligh was a 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 mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Governor of New South Wales
Vice-regal representative
The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the Governors of the Australian States perform constitutional and ceremonial…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)