Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was a Master's mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants (see Mutiny on the Bounty). It was Christian who seized command of the Bounty from Bligh on April 28, 1789.
Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. Fletcher Christian was the second youngest son of Charles Chri...
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Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was a Master's mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants (see Mutiny on the Bounty). It was Christian who seized command of the Bounty from Bligh on April 28, 1789.
Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. Fletcher Christian was the second youngest son of Charles Christian (12 December 1729 – 11 March 1768) and Ann Dixon (1730 – c. 1812) who were to have ten children, six of whom survived infancy. Fletcher's father, Charles Christian, was descended from a long line of Manx gentry, his paternal grandparents were John Christian (14 May 1688 – 20 September 1745) and Bridget Senhouse (c. 1693 – 27 September 1749). John could trace his ancestry back to William the Conqueror. The surname Christian is an Anglicization of the Manx name McCrystyn. Bridget could trace her ancestry back to Edward I. Fletcher's mother...
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