For other people with similar names, see Charles Fitzgerald (disambiguation).

Charles Fitzgerald CB (c. 1791:– 29 December 1887) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy and Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.

Son of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, Fitzgerald joined the Royal Navy in March:1809, p*ed his examination in 1815, and was commissioned in March:1826.

Soon after his arrival in Western Australia in 1848, Fitzgerald accompanied Augustus Gregory on an expedition in the Northampton region where Gregory and his brother had discovered lead the year before. An encounter with Aboriginal people resulted in Fitzgerald being speared in the leg and at least three Aborigines shot dead.

The town of Geraldton, Western Australia, was named after him.

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• Mennell, Philip (1892). "Fitzgerald, Captain Charles":. The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Fitzgerald, Charles":. A Naval Biographical Dictionary:. John Murray – via Wikisource.