page_title: Charles Fitzgerald
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Fitzgerald
caption_attribution_description: This is a photograph of Charles Fitzgerald (1791–1887), Governor of the Gambia, Governor of Western Australia.
context_page_description: Captain Charles Fitzgerald CB was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.
  Son of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, Fitzgerald joined the navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March 1826.
  Soon after his arrival in Western Australia in 1848, Fitzgerald accompanied Augustus Gregory on an expedition in the Northampton region where Gregory and his brother had discovered lead the year before. An encounter with Aboriginal people resulted in Fitzgerald being speared in the leg and at least three Aborigines shot dead.
  The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him.
context_section_description: Captain Charles Fitzgerald CB (1791 – 29 December 1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.
  Son of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, Fitzgerald joined the navy in March 1809, passed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March 1826.
  Soon after his arrival in Western Australia in 1848, Fitzgerald accompanied Augustus Gregory on an expedition in the Northampton region where Gregory and his brother had discovered lead the year before.  An encounter with Aboriginal people resulted in Fitzgerald being speared in the leg and at least three Aborigines shot dead.
  The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him.
caption: Charles Fitzgerald
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