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Trafalgar Ancestors
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George Miller Bligh aged 23 born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England.
Ship:
HMS Victory
Rating/Rank:
Lieutenant
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Personal details
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Born
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4 May 1780
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Died
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21 October 1834
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Family
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Married: Catherine Bligh nee Haynes (born; died) 2 Dec 1817, Wotton, Surrey.
Children: none
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Father
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Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, Admiral RN, (baptized 8 Nov 1737, Holy Trinity Church, Gosport; died 30 April 1821, Belle Vue, Southampton)
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Mother
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Ann Bligh nee Worsley (born 1744/5; died 7 July 1797)
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Parents' date of marriage
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13 November 1765, Gatcombe, Wight, England
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Service details
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Comments: From: per commission 4 April 1803
HMS Victory
Ship's pay book number: (SB 19) 10 April 1803 to 29 December 1805 (Was at Trafalgar) Rank/rating: Lieutenant
HMS Ocean
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Sources used
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Catalogue reference: PROB 11/1841 Book reference: Oxford Dictionary of Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004) Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15900
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Last updated: 11 October 2004
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