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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, (10 June 179616 February 1858) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.[1]

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  1. 82 relations: Adjutant general, Aide-de-camp, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Australia, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Battle of Vitoria, Battle of Waterloo, British Army, Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency), Canada, Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Charles II of England, Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, Crimean War, Derbyshire, Dictionary of Australian Biography, Edward Hargraves, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, England, Federation of Australia, Fitzroy Iron Works, Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol, George Barney, George Gipps, George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, George Wright (governor), Governor of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General of New Zealand, Grafton, New South Wales, Granville Ryder (1799–1879), Great Britain, Harrow School, Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, History of Victoria, HMS Beagle, Houston Stewart, Hundred Days, James Macaulay Higginson, John Harvey (British Army officer), Keith Stewart (Royal Navy officer), Knight, Leeward Islands, Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), List of colonial governors and administrators of Antigua, List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, ... Expand index (32 more) »

  2. FitzRoy family
  3. Governors of Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Governors of New South Wales
  5. Lieutenant Governors of the Colony of Prince Edward Island

Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally "helper in the military camp") is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington are royal Horse Guards officers.

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Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, (28 September 173514 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton are FitzRoy family.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (– 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled.

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Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)

Bury St Edmunds was a constituency in Suffolk from 1621 to 2024, most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 to 2024 by Jo Churchill, a Conservative.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cape Colony

The Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, (9 December 176428 August 1819) was a British peer, soldier, politician and Governor-General of British North America. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond are British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Dictionary of Australian Biography

The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Australian history.

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Edward Hargraves

Edward Hammond Hargraves (7 October 1816 – 29 October 1891) was a gold prospector who claimed to have found gold in Australia in 1851, starting an Australian gold rush.

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby are uK MPs 1831–1832.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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Fitzroy Iron Works

The Fitzroy Iron Works at Mittagong, New South Wales, was the first commercial iron smelting works in Australia.

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Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol

Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FSA (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864), styled Lord Hervey from 1803 to 1826 and Earl Jermyn from 1826 to 1859, was a British Tory politician. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol are uK MPs 1831–1832.

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George Barney

Lieutenant Colonel George Barney (19 May 1792 – 16 April 1862) was a military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers and became Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of North Australia.

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George Gipps

Sir George Gipps (23 December 1790 – 28 February 1847) was the Governor of the British Colony of New South Wales for eight years, between 1838 and 1846. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and George Gipps are British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars, colony of New South Wales people and governors of New South Wales.

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George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway

Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, (24 March 1768 – 27 March 1834), styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.

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George Wright (governor)

George Wright (December 29, 1779 – March 13, 1842) was a businessman, judge and political figure in Prince Edward Island. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and George Wright (governor) are lieutenant Governors of the Colony of Prince Edward Island.

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Governor of New South Wales

The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and governor of New South Wales are governors of New South Wales.

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Governor-General of Australia

The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III.

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Governor-General of New Zealand

The governor-general of New Zealand (Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles III.

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Grafton, New South Wales

Grafton (Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Granville Ryder (1799–1879)

The Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder JP (26 November 1799 – 24 November 1879), was a British Tory politician. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Granville Ryder (1799–1879) are uK MPs 1831–1832.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Harrow School

Harrow School is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England.

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Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton

Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton (10 February 1790 – 26 March 1863), styled Viscount Ipswich until 1811 and Earl of Euston between 1811 and 1844, was a British peer and politician. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton are FitzRoy family.

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History of Victoria

The history of Victoria refers to the history of the Australian state of Victoria and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies.

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HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle was a 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class.

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Houston Stewart

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart, (3 August 1791 – 10 December 1875) was a Royal Navy officer and briefly a Liberal Party Member of Parliament.

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Hundred Days

The Hundred Days (les Cent-Jours), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).

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James Macaulay Higginson

Sir James Macaulay Higginson (1805 – 28 June 1885) was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator who was Governor of Antigua from 1847 to 1850. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and James Macaulay Higginson are governors of Antigua and Barbuda.

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John Harvey (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, (23 April 1778 – 22 March 1852) was a British Army officer and a lieutenant governor. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and John Harvey (British Army officer) are lieutenant Governors of the Colony of Prince Edward Island.

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Keith Stewart (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Keith Stewart (3 January 1814 – 15 September 1879) was a British aristocrat and Naval officer, from an influential political and military family.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

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List of colonial governors and administrators of Antigua

This is a list of viceroys of Antigua and Barbuda, from its initial colonisation in 1632 until its independence in 1981. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and list of colonial governors and administrators of Antigua are governors of Antigua and Barbuda.

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List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island

The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, known as St.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lord Charles FitzRoy (1764–1829)

General Lord Charles FitzRoy (17 July 1764 – 20 December 1829) was a British Army officer and politician. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Lord Charles FitzRoy (1764–1829) are FitzRoy family.

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Lord Charles FitzRoy (1791–1865)

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles FitzRoy (28 February 1791 – 17 June 1865), was a British soldier and Whig politician. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Lord Charles FitzRoy (1791–1865) are FitzRoy family and uK MPs 1831–1832.

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Lower Canada

The Province of Lower Canada (province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841).

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Mark James (British cleric)

Rev. Mark James (19 October 1845 – 16 May 1898) was a British Anglican cleric who served as Rector of Pembroke and Devonshire, Bermuda, Canon of Bermuda Cathedral and de jure head of the Anglican Church of Bermuda.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Meteorologist

A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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North Australia

North Australia can refer to a short-lived former British colony, a former federal territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, or a proposed state which would replace the current Northern Territory.

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Parramatta Stadium

Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney CBD.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island (PEI;;; colloquially known as the Island) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Project Gutenberg Australia

Project Gutenberg Australia, abbreviated as PGA, is an Internet site which was founded in 2001 by Colin Choat.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Robert FitzRoy

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and Robert FitzRoy are FitzRoy family.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

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Royal Horse Guards

The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, also known as the Blues, or abbreviated as RHG, was one of the Cavalry regiments of the British Army, and part of the Household Cavalry.

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South Australia

South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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St James' Church, Sydney

St James' Church, commonly known as St James', King Street, is an Australian heritage-listed Anglican parish church located at 173 King Street, in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Western Sydney Stadium

Western Sydney Stadium, commercially known as CommBank Stadium, is a multi-purpose rectangular stadium in Parramatta, a satellite city approximately west of Sydney CBD.

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William Colebrooke

Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, (9 November 1787 – 6 February 1870) was an English career soldier and colonial administrator who became lieutenant governor of New Brunswick in 1841. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and William Colebrooke are governors of Antigua and Barbuda.

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William Denison

Sir William Thomas Denison (3 May 1804 – 19 January 1871) was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 1855 to 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866. Charles Augustus FitzRoy and William Denison are colony of New South Wales people and governors of New South Wales.

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William Houston Stewart

Admiral Sir William Houston Stewart, (7 September 1822 – 13 November 1901) was a senior British naval officer who, after a long, active career, eventually held the office of the Controller of the Royal Navy from 1872 to 1881.

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William IV

William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837.

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See also

FitzRoy family

Governors of Antigua and Barbuda

Governors of New South Wales

Lieutenant Governors of the Colony of Prince Edward Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Augustus_FitzRoy

Also known as Charles Fitzroy (politician), Governor FitzRoy, Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy.

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