Robert FitzRoy b. 5 July 1805

Also known as Captain FitzRoy
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, FitzRoy served as a naval officer on the Beagle with Charles Darwin and was later influenced by the work of official expedition artist, Conrad Martens. FitzRoy made sketches of the indigenous inhabitants of South America and Western Australia during his extended exploratory voyages. Always of a volatile nature, he became increasingly unstable and eventually committed suicide in 1865.
associate of
Captain Phillip Parker King
1791
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Conrad Martens
1801
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Augustus Earle
1793
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles Darwin
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child of
General Lord Charles FitzRoy
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child of
Frances Anne FitzRoy
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relative of
Viscount Castlereagh
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relative of
Charles Augustus FitzRoy
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associate of
John Lort Stokes
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spouse of
née O'Brien Mary Henrietta FitzRoy
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associate of
J. C. Schetky
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grandchild of
First Marquess Of Londonderry Robert
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grandchild of
Third Duke of Grafton
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associate of
Jemmy Button
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associate of
William James Warburton Hamilton
1805
Artist (Draughtsman)
Governor of New Zealand
associate of
Philip Gidley King
1805
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Robert McCormick
1805
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
John Clements Wickham
1805
Artist (Draughtsman)