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Revision as of 07:12, 19 December 2011

Admiral Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald, Royal Navy (30 April, 1841 – 11 August, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

FitzGerald was appointed in command of the frigate Inconstant 24 August, 1880, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam, commanding the Detached Squadron for Particular Service.[1]

Flag Rank

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 20 February, 1895, vice Kerr.[2] He gave up his command at Sheerness on 23 March and went on Half Pay. On 27 October, 1897, he was appointed Second-in-Command on the China Station. His flag was hoisted in President on that date, and transferred to Edgar on 3 November.

He was handed over duties to Rear-Admiral James A. T. Bruce on 23 December, 1899, and struck his flag in Barfleur on 4 January, 1900. He arrived back in England on 3 February.


FitzGerald was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 20 February, 1905, vice Seymour.[3] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 3 March.[4]

Footnotes

  1. Navy List (June, 1881). p. 218.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26601. p. 1067. 22 February, 1895.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27766. p. 1279. 21 February, 1905.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27772. p. 1845. 7 March, 1905.

Bibliography

  • "A Naval Veteran" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 12 August, 1921. Issue 42797, col D, pg. 11.
  • Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral C. C. Penrose (1898). Life of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
  • FitzGerald, Admiral C. C. Penrose (1913). Memories of the Sea. London: Edward Arnold.
  • FitzGerald, Admiral C. C. Penrose (1916). From Sail to Steam: Naval Recollections 1878-1905. London: Edward Arnold.
  • Template:BibGordonRules2005

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Walter Stewart
Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard
1893 – 1895
Succeeded by
Charles J. Balfour
Preceded by
Charles L. Oxley
Second-in-Command on the China Station
1897 – 1899
Succeeded by
James A. T. Bruce