This old house on Lambeth Rd is where William Bligh used to live (1754-1817) He was, of course, famous for being the captain of the good ship Bounty which was taken over in a mutiny led by Christian Fletcher and the subsequent formation of a colony of mutineers (to this day) on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn. Bligh was cast adrift in a small boat but managed to navigate 3,600 miles to Timor from where he made his way back to England. Interestingly he eventually ended up, in 1806, as Governor of New South Wales in Australia where there was a rebellion against him (Rum Rebellion) It would seem that on reflection Mr Bligh was a bit of a dick..
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