Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Eventually rising to the rank of admiral, he served as Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station and Commander-in-Chief, Leith.
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- November 8, 1737, 1737
- Died
- April 30, 1821, October 30, 1821