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  1. 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. Naval career. Born the son of Admiral Robert FitzRoy, FitzRoy Junior joined the Royal Navy in 1853. He served in the Second Opium War in 1857 and was promoted to captain in 1872.

  2. Oct 30, 2022 · 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.

  3. NAVY. Vice-Admiral Sir R. Fitzroy. —Vice-Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien Fitzroy, K.C.B., F.R.G.B., who recently relinquished the command of the Channel Squadron owing to ill-health, died on Thursday morning at the White Hart Hotel, Beaminster, Dorset, where he had been lying for some days, having caught a chill while...

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  5. "Vice Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien FitzRoy KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.... On 16 April 1886 he was made an Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen" "Sir Robert Fitz-Roy was an officer of exceptional talent and promise.

    • April 2, 1839
    • May 7, 1896
  6. Robert FitzRoy. Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin 's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone .

  7. Vice Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien FitzRoy KCB (2 April 1839 – 7 May 1896) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Born the son of Admiral Robert FitzRoy, FitzRoy Junior joined the Royal Navy in 1853. He served in the Second Opium War in 1857 and was promoted to Captain in 1872. In 1878 he commanded HMS Alexandra, flagship of Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby ...

  8. Royal Navy admiral, 1839-1896. Sir Robert O'Brien FitzRoy KCB, FRGS (2 Apr 1839 - 7 May 1896)

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