FITZROY, CECIL AUGUSTUS (1844-1917) was a son of the Rev. F. T. W. C. Fitzroy, rector of Great Ringstead, Norfolk. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he came to New Zealand in 1867 and for a while was cadet at Mesopotamia station. He spent 12 years in pastoral pursuits in Canterbury and represented Selwyn in Parliament (1876-79). In 1878 he married Susannah, daughter of William Beetham, of Taita, and, retiring from Parliament, lived thereafter at Hastings, of which he was mayor (1894-99). In 1896 and 1899 he contested Waiapu against Carroll (q.v.).

For many years Fitzroy was secretary of the Hawkes Bay Club and of the Hawkes Bay Acclimatisation Society (1887-1907), and a member of the education board (1897-1905) and the hospital board. He died on 13 Nov 1917.

Col. Gent.; Acland; Who's Who N.Z., 1908.

Reference: Volume 1, page 148

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