Christian fletcher bio

English sailor (1764–1793)

For his grandson, the magistrate of the British Overseas Territory, see Fletcher Christian II. For the Scottish minister's wife who helped save the Honours of Scotland from Cromwell's troops, see Christian Fletcher.

Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was an English sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from LieutenantWilliam Bligh.

In 1787, Christian was appointed master's mate on Bounty, tasked with transporting breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the West Indies. Bligh subsequently named him acting-Lieutenant during the voyage. After a five-month layover in Tahiti, relations between Bligh and his crew deteriorated and, in April 1789, Christian led a mutiny and forced Bligh from the ship. Some of the mutineers were left on Tahiti, while Christian, eight other mutineers, six Tahitian men and eleven Tahitian women settled on isolated Pitcairn Island, where they stripped and burned the vessel.

Christian died on Pitcairn, possibly killed in a conflict with Tahitians. His group was not found until 1808 and the sole surviving mutineer, John Adams, gave conflicting accounts of Christian's death.

Early life

Fletcher Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. His father's side of the family had originated from the Isle of Man and most of Fletcher's paternal great-grandfathers were historic Deemsters, their original family surname being McCrystyn.

Fletcher and his brothers Edward and Humphrey were the three sons of Charles Christian, an attorney-at-law descended from Manx gentry, and his wife Ann Dixon. Charles was heir of Moorland Close and of the large Ewanrigg Hall estate on the outskirts of Maryport, Cumberland.

Charles's marriage to Ann brought with it the small property of Moorland Close, "a q

When Christian moved to Dunsborough in 1990, he dived into photography as a career; which meant that he took photos in between paying the bills with two casual jobs not related to photography. In the pre-digital and pre-photoshop days, Christian had to perfect working with the only tool at his disposal—his camera—which remains the essential skill in creating the best images possible, even today. He ‘marinated’ himself for many years developing black and white images in a secluded darkroom in his parents’ house, and eventually started to sell his images in a local restaurant.

Following six hard years of effort doing commercial, portrait and wedding photography, he was ready to give up, until he walked into a gallery in Esperance that inspired him to focus on building a gallery of landscape images. He returned to Dunsborough with a renewed purpose, and sold his images in market stalls and in a small gallery space at the local framing shop. As his sales increased, he then established his galleries in the early 2000s and Christian Fletcher Photo Images was born.

Christian has perfected the art of light, composition, colour and post processing. He believes that all great landscape images have to have the ‘perfect light’ at their core, and it is this light that he is most respected for:

“Christian’s pictures are not souvenirs, but images that help us to ‘see’ and to understand landscape as art. Light literally exudes from Christian’s pictures like few others, and this luminescent enlightenment startles us with its clarity and perception”   -Les Walkling, professional photographer 

One of the highlights of Christian’s work is imparting his knowledge to others in a series of workshops and online tutorials. If you have ever participated in one of his sessions, you will have experienced his enthusiasm, passion, humour and incredible depth of knowledge of both technical and creative skills. He does it for the love of passing on some of his knowledge, but

Scottish noblewoman who saved the Honours of Scotland

Not to be confused with Fletcher Christian.

Christian Fletcher, Lady Abercrombie (1619 or 1620 – February 1691), was a Scottishminister's wife who helped save the Honours of Scotland from Cromwell's troops during the English invasion of Scotland. She was married from 1642 to James Granger (or Grainger), the Presbyterian minister of Kinneff Church.

In 1651, the Honours were kept at Dunnottar Castle, but they had to be removed as the castle was about to be surrendered to the English. The different parts were delivered on three occasions to the care of Fletcher, who buried them in Kinneff church. There are different versions of exactly how they were smuggled out of the castle and taken to Kinneff.

In 1661, Parliament awarded Fletcher 2,000 merks in recognition of her service. She married James Sandilands, 1st Lord Abercrombie, in 1663.

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References

Further reading

• Baden-Powell, Agnes; Baden-Powell, Robert (1912). The Handbook for Girl Guides, or, How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire.
• Barron, Douglas Gordon (1925). The Castle of Dunnottar and its History. Blackwood and Sons.
• Barron, Douglas Gordon, ed. (1910). In Defence of the Regalia, 1651–2. Longmans, Green and Co.
• Burnett, Charles J.; Tabraham, Christopher J. (1993). The Honours of Scotland. Historic Scotland. ISBN .
• Grierson, Herbert J. C., ed. (1933). The letters of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. V, 1817–1819. Constable. Available online at the Walter Scott Digital Archive.
• Howden, Charles R. A., ed. (1896). "Papers relating to the preservation of the honours of Scotland in Dunnottar Castle 1651–1652". Publications of the Scottish History Society.
• Longmuir, John (1835). A Day Spent Among the Ruins of Dunnottar Castle.
• Powdrell-Campbell, Jimmy (2007). The Scottish Crown Jewels and the Minister's Wife. History Press Limited. ISBN