Bligh Explained

Bligh may refer to:

Surname

Anna Bligh (born 1960), Australian politician
Beatrice Bligh (1916–1973), Australian gardener
George Miller Bligh (1780–1834), British naval officer, son of Richard Rodney Bligh
Jasmine Bligh (1913–1991), British television presenter
Richard Bligh (1780–1838), British barrister
Richard Rodney Bligh (1737–1821), British naval officer
Thomas Bligh (1685–1775), British army general
Thomas Bligh (1654–1710), (1654–1710) Irish politician
William Bligh (1754–1817), British naval officer whose command of HMS Bounty was challenged by 1789 mutiny

Members of the family of the Earl of Darnley, an English aristocratic family associated with cricket in Kent:

John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley (1687–1728), son of Thomas Bligh (1654–1710)
Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley (1715–1747), peer
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1719–1781), parliamentarian
John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (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 (1798–1832), diplomat
Edward Bligh (cricketer, died 1872) (c.1800–1872), cricketer
Edward Vesey Bligh (1829–1908), cricketer, diplomat and clergyman
Henry Bligh (1834–1905), clergyman and cricketer
Edward Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley (1851–1900)
Lodovick Bligh (1854–1884), cricketer
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (1859–1927), cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 1882/3 in Australia
Algernon Bligh (1888–1952), English cricketer

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
Electoral district of Bligh, 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 Roosters, a rugby union franchise based in Tavua
Bligh (TV series), an Australian sitcom starring members of the cast of Fast Forward