William Bligh's Grave

The former St. Mary-at-Lambeth
now The Museum of Garden History

William Bligh was born in 1754 in Devon. As an officer serving under Captain Cook, Bligh learned the powers of navigation which were to prove him a great seaman. Given command of Bounty in 1787 to bring breadfruit to Jamaica, he suffered one of the most famous mutinies in naval history, which put him and 18 of his crew in a 23’ launch. Travelling 3600 miles to Timor in 48 days he survived one of the greatest navigational events in history. He would become a Vice-Admiral of the Blue under Viscount Lord Nelson and serve at the battle of Copenhagen. His son would serve at the battle of Trafalgar.










The Tradescant tomb:

This is the tombstone of the Tradescant Family that I came upon in St Mary-at-Lambeth's churchyard. Clearly a family with such an astonishing tomb as this must have an amazing history. One of the earliest members, John the elder, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller, perhaps an early Joseph Banks. I need to do more research on this.

For more information please go to: http://www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/grave.htm