Robert FitzRoy
Politician
1805 – 1865
Who was Robert FitzRoy?
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN was a career officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone. He was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety. He was an able surveyor and hydrographer. As Governor of New Zealand, serving from 1843 to 1845, he tried to protect the Maori from illegal land sales claimed by British settlers.
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- Born
- Jul 5, 1805
Ampton - Also known as
- Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Maria Isabella Smyth
(1854/04/22 - ) - Mary Henrietta O'Brien
(1836/12/27 - )
- Maria Isabella Smyth
- Children
- Ethnicity
- British people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Naval Academy
(1818/02 - )
- Royal Naval Academy
- Lived in
- Suffolk
- Died
- Apr 30, 1865
Upper Norwood - Resting place
- Brompton Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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