William Bligh (1754 - 1817), a famous English naval officer and colonialgovernor. In 1787, he was assigned to the ship Bounty. In 1789, while sailing from Tahiti to the West Indies, he and eighteen of his crew were overpowered by a mutiny and set adrift in a small boat in the Pacific Ocean. —SHSBC Binder 3 Approved Glossary