Monument to Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy in All Saints' Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1995. Monument.
Monument to Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy in All Saints' Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- carved-corridor-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1995
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/04/2018
TQ 36 NW 1005-/2/10005
BEULAH HILL Monument to Vice- Admiral Robert Fitzroy in All Saints' Churchyard
II Railed monument with headstone and footstone c.1865 to Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865). This comprises a cast-iron railed enclosure with spear rails and dog rails on stone plinth. Headstone with curved top incorporates roundel with cross held by anchor. Replaced footstone of 1985 commemorates the fact that Fitzroy was first head of the Meteorological Office in 1854. His wife Maria Isabella (d.1889) and daughter Laura Maria Elizabeth Fitzroy (d.1943) were also buried here. Vice-Admiral Fitzroy was captain of the 'Beagle' during Charles Darwin's first voyage (1831-36). He was responsible for many meteorological discoveries and was first head of the Meteorogical Office in 1854. He was Governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
Listing NGR: TQ3312769764
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