A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fitzgerald, Hamilton
FITZGERALD. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 41.)
Hamilton Fitzgerald entered the Navy, 17 Dec. 1794, as A.B., on board the Droid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison, and, on accompanying that officer, as Midshipman, into the Standard 64, attended the expedition to Quiberon in June, 1795. On 24 Oct. 1798, having removed to the Sirius 36, Capt. Rich. King, he assisted at the capture, off the Texel, of the Dutch ships Waakzamheid of 26 guns and 100 men, and Furie of 36 guns and 153 men; subsequently to which event he joined, at Plymouth, the Garland 28, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Cambridge and Zealand flag-ships. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 July, 1801, in, the Isis 50, Capts. Wm. Nowell, John Sutton, and Thos. Masterman Hardy, in which ship he escorted the Duke of Kent to Gibraltar, Mr. Fitzgerald was afterwards appointed – 22 Dec. 1804, to the Décade 36, Capts. Wm. Gordon Rutherford and John Stuart, one of Lord Nelson’s frigates, we beheve, in his pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies in 1805 – and next, as First, to the Hindostan 50, Capts. Thos. Bowen and Wm. Hole, and Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, on the Lisbon and Home stations. Having been on half-pay since 27 April, 1809, he accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Junior List 12 July, 1831; and on 29 May, 1846, he was placed on the Senior List. Agent – John Chippendale.