What is Robert FitzRoy?
{{Infobox Person | name = Robert FitzRoy | image = Robert Fitzroy.jpg | imagesize = 200px | birth_date = 5 July 1805 | birth_place = [[Suffolk]], [[England]] | death_date = April 30, 1865 | death_place = [[Surrey]], [[England]] | occupation = [[seaman]], [[admiral]], [[meteorologist]] and [[Hydrography|hydrographer]] }} '''Robert Fitzroy''' (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was a British seaman, admiral, meteorologist and [[Hydrography|hydrographer]]. He was the captain of [[HMS Beagle]] in the voyage of the English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]]. He was Governor of [[New Zealand]] from 1843 to 1845. In 1851, FitzRoy was elected to the [[Royal Society]]. In 1854, on the recommendation of Vice Admiral [[Francis Beaufort]] and the President of the Royal Society, FitzRoy was appointed as chief of a new department to deal with the collection of weather data at sea, with the title of ''Meteorological Statist to the Board of Trade'' and a staff of three. This was the forerunner of the modern [[Met Office|Meteorological Office]]. {{Military-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzRoy, Robert}} [[Category:1805 births]] [[Category:1865 deaths]] [[Category:Royal Navy officers]] [[Category:People from Suffolk]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:British meteorologists]] [[Category:British sailors]]