Fletcher christian cause of death

Fletcher Christian was famous for the leading the mutiny on HMS Bounty.

When and Where was he Born?

1764, Moorland Close, Near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. (Now owned by Queen’s College, Oxford).

Family Background:

Fletcher Christian was christened in Brigham Church. His mother Ann was widowed when he was four and bankrupted when he was sixteen. His father’s family were the well off Christians of Milntown on the Isle of Man and Ewanrigg Mansion near Maryport, Cumbria.

Education:

Eller Cottage. Cockermouth Free Grammar School at the same time as Wordsworth who was six years his junior. St. Bees School, near Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Timeline of Fletcher Christian

1782:Christian joins the Royal Navy at the age of eighteen.

1787: He is selected by William Bligh to be a midshipman on the ship the “H.M.S. Britannia” sailing to the West Indies.

1789: He is selected by Bligh as first Mate on “H.M.S. Bounty&# Fletcher christian descendants!