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    during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone. FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made...
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    Francisco Moreno saw the mountain on 2 March 1877; he named it Fitz Roy in honour of Robert FitzRoy who, as captain of HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa...
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    Henry John FitzRoy Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (born 22 May 1952), styled Marquess of Worcester between 1984 and 2017, also known as Harry Beaufort...
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    Beagle, Volume II – FitzRoy, Robert (1839), Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831–36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N., Great Marlborough...
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    Howard, was buried along with FitzRoy. "Fitzroy". Dictionary of American Family Names. Retrieved 30 May 2023. Hutchinson, Robert, House of Treason: Rise and...
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    Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen (Latinised to Robertus de Cadomo), Robert Consul)...
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    became popular in the 1860s after being promoted by Royal Navy Admiral Robert FitzRoy who claimed that if fixed, undisturbed, in free air, not exposed to...
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    Fitzroy or FitzRoy is a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman Fi(t)z, meaning "son of", and Roy, meaning "king". The name implied the original...
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    in 2021. FitzRoy died on 14 March 1811. "Fitzory, Augustus Henry (FTSY751AH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. "Fitzroy, Augustus...
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  • Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien FitzRoy KCB (2 April 1839 – 7 May 1896) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Born...
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    1831–36, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz-Roy, R.N. Vol. II. London: Henry Colburn. FitzRoy, Robert (1839a). Narrative of the surveying voyages...
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  • Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan...
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  • England Maria Isabella Smyth, second wife of Robert Fitzroy Mary Henrietta O'Brien, first wife of Robert FitzRoy Philip Parker King, British naval officer...
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    later, Admiral Otway decided to give Beagle to his Flag Leuitenant, Fitzroy.) FitzRoy had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard who could...
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    John FitzRoy Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (b. 22 May 1952), eldest son of the 11th Duke. The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Henry Robert FitzRoy...
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  • Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865) was a Royal Navy vice admiral known for being captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage. Admiral FitzRoy may also...
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    colony of New South Wales about FitzRoy's 'womanising' ways. In 1850, FitzRoy made a visit to Berrima, to inspect the Fitzroy Iron Works. The Governor stayed...
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  • Heath Hall, in 1854. Emily Elizabeth FitzRoy (1808–1827), the FitzRoy's youngest daughter died at the age of 20. FitzRoy died at his house in Berkeley Square...
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  • popular culture. The Shipping Forecast was established by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, the first professional weather forecaster, captain of HMS Beagle and...
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    Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG, PC (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession...
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    Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, KG (28 September 1663 – 9 October 1690) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara...
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  • as a small department within the Board of Trade under Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners. The loss of the passenger vessel, the Royal...
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    crew of the British vessel HMS Beagle and renamed "Fuegia Basket". Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle, initially intended to trade her for a stolen...
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    hanged English prisoners from the walls of Rouen, was summarily executed; Robert de Livet, Canon of Rouen, who had excommunicated the English king, was packed...
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    within London. He employed architect Robert Adam to develop one of them into Fitzroy Square. Cornish (2004). FitzRoy (1898), p. 3. "Formation and role of...
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    naturalist for a self-funded supernumerary place on HMS Beagle with captain Robert FitzRoy, a position for a gentleman rather than "a mere collector". The ship...
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    north as Iceland and as far south as southern Spain.[citation needed] Robert FitzRoy developed the first weather forecasting and storm warning system. On...
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  • :Admiral Lord William FitzRoy". The Gentleman's Magazine. 202: 730–731. 1857. Retrieved 9 November 2013. Hinton, M. G. (2013). "Fitzroy, Lord William (1782-1857)"...
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    were an officer of the Royal Navy Francis Beaufort and his protégé Robert FitzRoy. Both were influential men in British naval and governmental circles...
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  • exulting in their hardiness", but others "were almost suffocated". Captain Robert FitzRoy of HMS Beagle suggested the practice had developed from earlier ceremonies...
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