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References
- ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bligh, John, Earl of Darnley
- ↑ London Gazette 13 May 1809, p. 680.
- ↑ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
- ↑ "The first Irish first-class cricketers" Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine , CricketEurope Ireland, 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1914). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 571.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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| Full name | John Bligh |
| Born | 30 June 1767 Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 17 March 1831 (aged 63) Cobham Hall, Kent, England |
| Relations | See: Bligh family |
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