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FitzRoy, Robert, (1805-1865), MP, Governor of New Zealand, Vice Admiral and meteorologist

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Surname: FitzRoy
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1805-1865
Biography: ODNB link for Fitzroy, Robert (1805-1865) MP Governor of New Zealand Vice Admiral Meteorologist
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275169 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P150974 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Robert Fitzroy
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1843-1881: FitzRoy Papers
The National Archives, Kew
BJ 7
2
1843-65: corresp and papers
The National Archives
BJ7
3
1834-66: letters and papers
National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library
qMS 794
NRA 25529 Turnbull Lib
4
1818-63: naval papers
Dorset History Centre
D/BUL
NRA 5694
5
1845-53: letterbook
Auckland Central City Library
See Union catalogue part 1 1968
6
1816-52: letters, mainly to his family, including 10 written on the second voyage of the Beagle
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add MS 8853
See Accessions to Repositories 1991
7
1841-61: letters to Lord Camden
Kent History and Library Centre
U840/C518
NRA 8410
8
corresp with Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
HS
NRA 8803
9
1841-43: letters to Lord Londonderry
Durham County Record Office
D/Lo
NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
10
1837-60: letters (50) to Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
RGS/CB
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
11
1841-51: letters to 14th Earl of Derby
Liverpool Record Office
920 DER (14) 138/8
NRA 20084
12
1859: Adml Fitzroy's remarks on Dr Starks 'curents of the Atlantic' and the authors reply
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L MSS FIT
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
13
1817-52: (copy) family letters
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 2006