Fletcher Christian
![Fletcher Christian's house](/Images/godic/202501/13/Fletcher_Christian's_house2720.jpg")
![Map showing Bounty's movements in the Pacific Ocean, 1788–1790 Voyage of Bounty
to Tahiti and to the location of the mutiny, 28 April 1789 Movements of Bounty after the mutiny, under Christian's command Course of Bligh's open-boat journey to Coupang](/Images/godic/202501/13/Bounty_Voyages_Map2720.png")
![Postage stamp, UK issue for Pitcairn Islands (1940) showing King George VI and an artist's interpretation of Fletcher Christian](/Images/godic/202501/13/PitcairnIsland-Stamp-1940-Fletcher_Christian2720.jpg")
![Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian](/Images/godic/202501/13/Clark_gable_mutiny_bounty_62720.jpg")
Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS Bounty during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the Bounty, Christian seized command of the ship from Bligh on 28 April 1789.