caption serviceyears branch commands relations death_date death_place allegiance nationality battles birth_date rank residence image article_title name
george brown miller bligh in 1808 , painted by mather 1794 -- 1834 royal navy pylades araxes 1813 6 1794 6 glatton 1795 6 acorn 1807 6 richard rodney bligh -lrb- father -rrb- 1834 southampton , hampshire united kingdom of great britain and ireland british napoleonic wars * battle of trafalgar 1780 captain united kingdom george miller bligh.jpg george miller bligh
 george miller bligh
george miller bligh

captain george miller bligh -lrb- 1780 -- 1834 -rrb- was an officer of the royal navy , who saw service during the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars , eventually rising to the rank of captain .
he was present aboard at the battle of trafalgar , and was badly wounded during the action .
he was taken below and was present in the cockpit during the death of vice-admiral horatio nelson .
