Charles Fitzgerald




For other people named Charles Fitzgerald, see Charles Fitzgerald (disambiguation).





Charles Fitzgerald


Captain Charles Fitzgerald CB (1791 – 29 December 1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.[1]


Son of the Duke of Leinster, Fitzgerald joined the 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 Aborigines 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]



See also



  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Fitzgerald, Charles" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


References





  1. ^ abc Crowley, F. K. "FitzGerald, Charles (1791–1887)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 14 September 2012.


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





  • The Constitution Centre of Western Australia (2002). "Captain Charles Fitzgerald 1848-1855". Governors and Premiers of Western Australia. West Perth, Western Australia: The Constitution Centre of Western Australia. ISBN 0-7307-3821-3.


  • Mennell, Philip (1892). "Fitzgerald, Captain Charles" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.














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









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