Quartermaster's mate on the HMS Bounty; a loyalist; went with Bligh; arrived safely in England.
Simpson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, and was twenty-seven years old when the Bounty sailed from Spithead on 23 December 1787.
He is not mentioned much in the literature about the mutiny, but we do know that he was part of the "anti-Bligh group" in the Bounty's launch.
Although he returned to England, he was not present at the court-martial of the accused mutineers, and Heywood mentioned specifically in the summary of his defense that Simpson's absence militated against the successful prosecution of his case.
Simpson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, and was twenty-seven years old when the Bounty sailed from Spithead on 23 December 1787.
He is not mentioned much in the literature about the mutiny, but we do know that he was part of the "anti-Bligh group" in the Bounty's launch.
Although he returned to England, he was not present at the court-martial of the accused mutineers, and Heywood mentioned specifically in the summary of his defense that Simpson's absence militated against the successful prosecution of his case.
Quartermaster's mate on the HMS Bounty; a loyalist; went with Bligh; arrived safely in England.
Simpson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, and was twenty-seven years old when the Bounty sailed from Spithead on 23 December 1787.
He is not mentioned much in the literature about the mutiny, but we do know that he was part of the "anti-Bligh group" in the Bounty's launch.
Although he returned to England, he was not present at the court-martial of the accused mutineers, and Heywood mentioned specifically in the summary of his defense that Simpson's absence militated against the successful prosecution of his case.
Simpson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, and was twenty-seven years old when the Bounty sailed from Spithead on 23 December 1787.
He is not mentioned much in the literature about the mutiny, but we do know that he was part of the "anti-Bligh group" in the Bounty's launch.
Although he returned to England, he was not present at the court-martial of the accused mutineers, and Heywood mentioned specifically in the summary of his defense that Simpson's absence militated against the successful prosecution of his case.
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