Capt. James Fitzjames

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Capt. James Fitzjames (1813 - 1846)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rio De Janeiro, Colonial Brazil
Death: between 1846 and 1847 (32-34)
King William Island, NU, Canada (Lost in the Arctic)
Place of Burial: NU, Canada
Immediate Family:

Biological son of Sir James Gambier and Unknown
Adopted son of Robert Coningham and Luisa Capper
Half brother of Maria-Jane Gambier; William Morton Gambier; Wilhelmina Frederica Elizabeth Sophia Gambier; William Gambier; Robert Fitzgerald Gambier and 6 others

Occupation: Commander HMS Erebus
Managed by: Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator
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About Capt. James Fitzjames

Wikipedia: English

James Fitzjames (27 July 1813 – c. 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who participated in two major exploratory expeditions, the Euphrates Expedition and the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.

He was of illegitimate birth, and during his life and after his friends and relatives took great pains to conceal his origins. It has been suggested his true father was Sir James Gambier, although the identity of his mother remains unknown.

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Capt. James Fitzjames's Timeline

1813
July 27, 1813
Rio De Janeiro, Colonial Brazil
1846
1846
Age 32
King William Island, NU, Canada
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King William Island, NU, Canada