Sir Thomas Naghten FitzGerald (1 August 1838 – 8 July 1908)Colin Macdonald,

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'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 180-181. Retrieved 19 May 2010 was an Irish-born Australian

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and academic.

Early life

FitzGerald was born in

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, the son of John FitzGerald and his wife Catherine Naghten, ''née'' Higgins. FitzGerald was educated at St Mary's College, Kingstown, and the Ledwich School of Medicine,

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Career

FitzGerald arrived in

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in July 1858 as a ship's surgeon. After opening a private practice, FitzGerald was elected honorary surgeon to the

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in 1860 and held that post until 1901. FitzGerald was a consulting surgeon in the

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in South Africa in 1900, for which services he was appointed a

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(CB) in Nov 1900. FitzGerald also bred horses, one of which (''Rhesus'') won the Victorian Grand National Hurdle Race in 1882. FitzGerald owned the painting ''Chloé'' which now hangs in the

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hotel. He died on 8 July 1908, on board the ''S.S. Wyreema''. He was buried in the

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Family

In 1870, he married Margaret Robertson, who died in 1890; they had three daughters.

References

External links

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Obituary in the British Medical Journal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Thomas Naghten 1838 births 1908 deaths Australian surgeons Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Bachelor People from Tullamore, County Offaly Irish emigrants to colonial Australia