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 William FitzGerald, 2nd 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 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

^ ^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.

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. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2006. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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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[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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v t e Governors of Western Australia
Before Federation	Stirling Hutt Clarke Irwin Fitzgerald Kennedy Hampton Pine Weld Robinson Ord Robinson Broome Robinson Smith
After Federation	Lawley Bedford Strickland Barron Ellison-Macartney Newdegate Campion Mitchell Gairdner Kendrew Edwards Kyle Trowbridge Reid Burt Jeffery J. Sanderson Michael McCusker K. Sanderson Beazley Dawson

v t e Colonial governors and administrators of the Gambia
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

Authority control databases
People	Australia Trove
Other	SNAC

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