Robert Fitzroy
1805 – 1865 · aged 60
Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)
- Born
- 5 Jul 1805 · Ampton Hall
- Died
- 30 Apr 1865 · Upper Norwood
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- 5 Jul 1805BornBorn in Ampton Hall
- 1828RoleFlag Lieutenant
- 1837AwardFounder’s Medal
- 1841 – 1843RoleMember of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1843 – 1845RoleGovernor-General of New Zealand
- 1851AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 30 Apr 1865DiedDied in Upper Norwood
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Major world events during their lifetime (1805 – 1865).
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during FitzRoy's famous survey expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone, which took Charles Darwin round the world.
FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions, which he called by a new name of his own invention: "forecasts". In 1854 he established what would later be called the Met Office, 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 settlers and Māori from speculative land sales.
Text from the Wikipedia article Robert FitzRoy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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