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FitzRoy, Sir Charles Augustus (1796 - 1858) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (4055 words) |
 | FITZROY, Sir CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1796-1858), governor-general, was born on 10 June 1796, the eldest son of General Lord Charles FitzRoy, the second son of the third Duke of Grafton, and Frances, daughter of Edward Miller Mundy, M.P., of Shipley Hall, Derbyshire, England. |
| FitzRoy was not directly involved in the colonial moves for a more liberal franchise, although he did write privately to the Colonial Office to support the enfranchisement of the leasehold squatters, who would strengthen the government in the Legislative Council. |
| FitzRoy's dispatches to London were liable to lack necessary information, to be unduly delayed, or to reveal that he had not properly understood the subjects on which he commented. |
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Charles II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3614 words) |
| Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. |
| Charles, the eldest surviving son of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France, was born in St. |
| Charles I was captured by the rebels in 1647, escaped, and was recaptured in 1648. |
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