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Royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Bligh (* 1. August 1770 in Guildford; † 19. January 1831 in Hambledon) was a royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.. He was 60 years old. He studied at Royal Grammar School, Guildford. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath.