Fitzgerald , John Coghlan , fl 1803-1859 , Captain

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Fitzgerald , John Coghlan , fl 1803-1859 , Captain

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        Fitzgerald entered the Navy in 1818. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1823. In May 1839 he was appointed to the MAGNIFICENT, flagship of Commodore Peter John Douglas at Jamaica, and in March 1841 to the RACER, North America and West Indies. Following his promotion to Captain in November 1841, Fitzgerald was sent in 1842 by Sir Charles Adam, the Commander-in-Chief, on a mission to Guatemala. In 1845 he was appointed Captain of the VERNON, flagship of Rear-Admiral S H Inglefield on the south east coast of America and later in the East Indies. On the death of Inglefield in 1848 he was for a time Senior Officer on the station, arriving home in the autumn of that year. In 1853 he was appointed Captain of HMS WINCHESTER, flagship of Sir Fleetwood Pellew, in the East Indies. For reasons of health he was transferred to the CALLIOPE the following year, on the Australian Station, and brought her home in 1855. He was appointed Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1857 and died there in 1859.

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