Thomas Bligh
Lieutenant General Thomas Bligh (1685–1775) was an
Battle of St Cast.[1]
Career
Bligh was born in 1685, the son of Irish politician,
Battle of Saint Cast suffering between 750 and 1000 casualties before he was finally able to re-embark his men. They then sailed for England.[4]
Bligh was poorly treated when he returned home. King
Duke of Newcastle and his ally William Pitt for not defending Bligh.[6]
He was buried at Rathmore Church, Ireland.
See also
- Great Britain in the Seven Years War
References
- ^ Collins, Arthur (5 February 1779). "Vol. 7: The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that kingdom, now existing, either by tenure, summons, or creation, their descents and collateral lines, their births, marriages and issues, famous actions both in war and peaces, religious and charitable donations, deaths, places of burial, monuments, epitaphs, and many valuable memoirs never before printed : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, supporters and mottoes, curiously engraved on copper-plates / collected from records, old wills, authentic manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities, which are cited by Arthur Collins, esq. ; in eight volumes". Printed for W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, J. Hinton, T. Payne, W. Owen, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, C. Rivington, C. Dilly, J. Robson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, H.L. Gardner, W. Davis, J. Nichols, T. Evans, J. Bew, R. Baldwin, J. Almon, J. Murray, W. Fox, J. White, Fielding and Walker, T. Beecroft, J. Donaldson, M. Folingsby – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lodge, John (5 February 1754). "The Peerage of Ireland, Or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom: With Their Paternal Coats of Arms, Engraven on Copper : Collected from the Publick Records; Authentic Manuscripts; Approved Historians; Well-attested Pedigrees; and Personal Information". William Johnston, bookseller, in St. Paul's Church-Yard – via Google Books.
- ^ "Rathmore (Meath) – Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com.
- ^ Anderson p.302-03
- ^ Anderson p.304
- ^ Anderson p.477
Bibliography
- Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754–1766. Faber and Faber, 2001
External links
- Met picture
- Thomas Bligh (1685–1775) in the
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