Charles Fitzgerald

Charles Fitzgerald
CB
Charles Fitzgerald CB
Governor of Western Australia
	In office; 12 August 1848 – 22 July 1855
Preceded by	Frederick Chidley Irwin
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Kennedy
Governor of The Gambia
	In office; 9 December 1844 – 18 April 1847
Preceded by	Edmund Nash Norcott
Succeeded by	Sir Richard MacDonnell
Personal details
Born	Unknown date, c. 1791; Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland
Died	29 December 1887 (aged 96); Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland
Military service
Branch	HM Coastguard; Royal Navy;
Service years	1809–1856
Rank	Captain

Charles Fitzgerald CB (c. 1791 – 29 December 1887) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy and Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.^[1]

Son of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, Fitzgerald joined the Royal Navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March 1826.^[1]

Soon after his arrival in Western Australia in 1848, Fitzgerald accompanied Augustus Gregory on an expedition in the Northampton region where Gregory and his brother had discovered lead the year before. An encounter with Aboriginal people resulted in Fitzgerald being speared in the leg and at least three Aborigines shot dead.^[2]

The town of Geraldton, Western Australia, was named after him.^[1]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Crowley, F. K. "FitzGerald, Charles (1791–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^ Stannage, C.T. (1981). A New History of Western Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. p. 97.

Bibliography

Mennell, Philip (1892). "Fitzgerald, Captain Charles" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Fitzgerald, Charles" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Government offices
Preceded by Frederick Chidley Irwin	Governor of Western Australia 1848–1855	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Kennedy
Preceded by Edmund Nash Norcott	Governor of The Gambia 1844–1847	Succeeded by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

[adb-1] Crowley, F. K. "FitzGerald, Charles (1791–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[2] Stannage, C.T. (1981). A New History of Western Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. p. 97.

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Before Federation	Stirling Hutt Clarke Irwin Fitzgerald Kennedy Hampton Pine Weld Robinson Ord Robinson Broome Robinson Smith
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Commandants of St Mary's Island (1816–1830)	The Gambia portal Grant Findlay Hutton Jackson
Lieutenant Governors of the Gambia (1829–1843)	Findlay Rendall Clogstoun Mackie Ingram Huntley Ingram
Governors of the Gambia (1843–1866)	Seagram Ingram Norcott Mantell Fitzgerald MacDonnell Robertson Kennedy Robertson O'Connor Robertson D'Arcy
Administrators of the Gambia (1866–1901)	D'Arcy Patey Bravo Anton Callaghan Fowler Cooper Kortright Cooper Rowe Cooper Berkeley Gouldsbury Moloney Carter Hay Carter Rowe T. R. Griffith Carter Moseley Llewelyn H. M. B. Griffith Denton
Governors of the Gambia (1901–1965)	Denton Galway Gwyn Cameron Henniker-Heaton Armitage Middleton Workman Denham Workman Palmer Parish Richards Oke Southorn Blood Chamberlain Wright Ward Wyn-Harris Waddell Windley Smith Paul

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