Robert Fitzroy ^2,3

  General Notes:

[Europe_New.FTW] [royalfam.ged] Captain of the "Beagle" on which Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of the Species". Kayo Kimura July 11, 2002 English 101.#2 Essay Robert Fitzroy was the captain of the ship named Beagle, and he asked Darwin to accompany hi m for a long term of voyage. Darwin was a naturalist, who is known as a scientist for the dis covery of the theory of evolution. The story of Darwin Sea Change or Five Years at Table is a bout their voyage on the ship. Darwin had some different views of the world than Robert Fitzr oy. I would like to argue about the hypothesis that the captain influenced Darwin's view, par ticularly about politics and religion. First of all, they had once an argument about Tory politics. That was about slavery. "One o f Brazil's largest slaveholders had assembled his captives and asked them whether they wishe d to be freed. Unanimously, they had responded "no. "When Darwin had the temerity to wonder w hat response made in the owner presence was worth." For a naturalist, Darwin had a doubt tha t slaves denied to be freed because of the presence of the owner. However, as an illegitimat e descendant of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers, and also an ardent Tory, Fi tzroy disagreed with his way of thinking about slaves. Fitzroy was affirmative for the slaver y system.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Record Change, 16 Nov 2002. ^2,3

Robert married Mary Henrietta O'Brien on 27 Dec 1836 ².^,3 (Mary Henrietta O'Brien was born in 1812 in Norwood, Surrey, England ^2,3 and died on 5 Apr 1852 in Norland Square, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England ^2,3.)