Fletcher Christian
- Item sets
- People
- Name
- Fletcher Christian
- Biography
- Born in 1764, the same year the old Duke of Atholl died. Of the Christians of Milntown — the family seated in Lezayre who had provided Deemsters since 1408. Captain Taubman recommended the young midshipman to Bligh in 1784. The Christians also farmed at Ronaldsway near Castletown — close enough that Illiam Dhone could see Hango Hill from his door. The farmhouse stood into the 1930s before demolition for the Island's airport. Travellers arriving at the Island today land on Christian land without knowing it.
- Active Period
- 1764–c.1793
- Place
- Milntown, Lezayre
- Ronaldsway
- Castletown
- HMS Bounty
- Family / Group
- The Christian Family
- Period
- Atholl Lordship
- Related To
- William Bligh
- Captain Taubman
- Role / Office
- Naval Officer
- Mutineer
- Book Chapter
- Chapter 6