Robert O'Brien FitzRoy

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Vice-Admiral SIR Robert O'Brien FitzRoy, K.C.B., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (2 April, 1839 – 7 May, 1896) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

FitzRoy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 5 September, 1859.[1]

FitzRoy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 13 February, 1866.[2]

Appointed to Prince Consort from 21 July, 1868 until being invalided at Malta on 4 August, 1871.[3]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 5 February, 1872, FitzRoy was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 6 February, 1872.[4]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Invincible on 1 January, 1881.[5]

FitzRoy was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 May, 1888, vice Edye.[6]

FitzRoy participated in the Naval Manoeuvres in 1891, 1892 and 1893, being placed in command of the Blue Side representing a nation challenging Britain's control of the seas in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1893. His flag was in H.M.Y. Alexandra on all three manoeuvres.[7]

On the occasion of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 25 May, 1895.[8]

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 8 May, 1896. Issue 34885, col F, p. 10.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Alexandra
22 Nov, 1876[9] – 12 Mar, 1880[10] 		Succeeded by
Charles F. Hotham
Preceded by
Edmund R. Fremantle 		Captain of H.M.S. Invincible
1 Jan, 1881[11][12] – 21 Mar, 1882[13] 		Succeeded by
Claude E. Buckle
Preceded by
Robert G. Douglas 		Captain of H.M.S. Hercules
4 Jan, 1883[14] – 21 Sep, 1885[15] 		Succeeded by
Harry W. Brent
Preceded by
New Command 		Commodore Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron
21 Sep, 1885[16] – 5 Nov, 1886[17] 		Succeeded by
Albert H. Markham
Preceded by
Francis W. Sullivan 		Captain of H.M.S. Active
1 Oct, 1885[18][19] – 3 Nov, 1886[20] 		Succeeded by
Albert H. Markham
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Edinburgh
1 Jul, 1887[21][22] – 27 Aug, 1887[23] 		Succeeded by
Henry St. L. B. Palliser
Preceded by
Sir George Tryon 		Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves
21 Apr, 1891[24] – 25 Apr, 1894[25] 		Succeeded by
Edward H. Seymour
Preceded by
Henry Fairfax 		Senior Officer in Command, Channel Squadron
12 May, 1894[26] – 27 May, 1895[27] 		Succeeded by
The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr

Footnotes

  1. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  2. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  3. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23826. p. 510. 9 February, 1872.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1881). p. 219.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25817. p. 2829. 18 May, 1888.
  7. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1893." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 11, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 34000.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26628. p. 3079. 25 May, 1895.
  9. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. ?.
  10. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  11. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 219.
  13. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 45.
  14. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  15. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 September, 1885. Issue 31558, col D, p. 12.
  17. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  18. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 191.
  20. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  21. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 July, 1887, p. 13.
  23. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  24. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  25. ↑ FitzRoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  26. ↑ FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252.
  27. ↑ FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252.

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