3523008 Vice Admiral, William Bligh,(1754-1817); officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator.; (add.info.: Vice Admiral, William Bligh,(1754 ? 1817); officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. A historic mutiny occurred during his command of HMS Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to Timor, after being set adrift in the Bounty\'s launch by the mutineers. Fifteen years after the Bounty mutiny, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps. His activities resulted in the so-called Rum Rebellion, during which Bligh was again placed under arrest and deposed from his command); Universal History Archive/UIG.