Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
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Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
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Fitzroy, Robert
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FitzRoy, Robert, Vice-Admiral; hydrographer
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FitzRoy, Robert, Vice-Admiral; hydrographer
Fitzroy, Robert (English draftsman, 1805-1865)
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FitzRoy, Robert, Captain; RN
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Fitz-Roy, Robert.
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Robert Fitzroy
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Robert Fitzroy
Roy, Robert Fitz-.
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Roy, Robert Fitz- 1805-1865
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Fitzroy, Admiral
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Fitz Roy, Robert 1805-1865
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Epithet: Vice-Admiral; hydrographer
Robert Fitzroy (1805-65), vice-admiral, hydrographer and meteorologist, second son of Lord Charles Fitzroy (1764-1829) and Frances Anne, ne Stewart (d. 1810), daughter of the 1st Marquess of Londonderry. Fitzroy served on several ships in the Mediterranean and South America. He was promoted in 1828 to command of H.M.S. Beagle, and was employed on the survey of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Straits of Magellan. A second survey voyage, 1831-1836, included Charles Darwin as naturalist. Fitzroy's sister Frances (1803-1878) married George Rice Trevor (1795-1869), who succeeded as 4th Lord Dynevor in 1852.
Epithet: Captain; RN
Robert Fitzroy was a hydrographer and meteorologist.
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