Robert Fitzgerald (1807 - 1865)

Born 1 Jun 1807 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Died 1865 at about age 57 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Robert Fitzgerald is Notable.

Robert FITZGERALD, pastoralist and politician, was the second son of Richard Fitzgerald and his wife Mary, née Ford.

In 1840 he inherited his father's lands and the agency for Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie's estate. On 11 March 1841 he married Elizabeth Henrietta, daughter of Richard Rouse, who brought to him Mamre, St Marys, as her dowry.

A Director of the Bank of New South Wales, active in local affairs and a judge at the Sydney races. Member of Legislative Council. He stressed his deep interest as an Australian, in all that concerns the welfare of the land that gave me birth.

Fitzgerald died from paralysis on 9 May 1865 at Springfield and was buried in St Matthew's cemetery, Windsor. He was survived by his second wife Charlotte, née Bennett, whom he had married on 8 October 1864, and by one son and five daughters of his first marriage. He left an estate of £90,000 which did not include his pastoral empire.

Sources

• E. C. B. MacLaurin, 'Fitzgerald, Robert (1807–1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, ADB, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 17 Aug 2016 and 23 April 2020.

• The King's Candlesticks, accessed 17 Aug 2016.

• Early Days of Windsor, N.S. Wales, by Jas Steele, 1916, accessed 30 Jan 2021.