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James Fitzjames (27 July 1813 – c. May 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer.. The illegitimate son of a man with ties to the Navy, Fitzjames distinguished himself in an ill-conceived expedition to establish a steamship line in Mesopotamia in the 1830s, and in combat during the Egyptian–Ottoman War and the First Opium War.
James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus, made one of the handwritten notes on this document left in a stone cairn near Victory Point on King William Island, where the crew came ashore after ...
FitzJames was born at Moulins in France before his father's accession to the throne, and was brought up in France as a Catholic. He was the son of James and his mistress Arabella Churchill, [1] sister of the English captain general and statesman John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. He seems to have inherited or perfected the same military ...
After Franklin's death in June 1847, Crozier took over. His fate and those of the other expedition members remained a mystery until 1859, when a note written by Crozier and James Fitzjames, captain of the Erebus, was discovered on King William Island during an expedition led by Francis McClintock. Dated 25 April 1848, the note indicated that ...
Sir James Ross' pillar has not been found and the paper has been transferred to this position which is that in which Sir J. Ross' pillar was erected – Sir John Franklin died on the 11th June, 1847; and the total loss by deaths in the expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men. (Signed) JAMES FITZJAMES, Captain H.M.S. Erebus.
The House of FitzJames Stuart, or simply FitzJames, is a noble house founded by James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. He was the illegitimate son of James II & VII , King of England , Scotland and Ireland , a monarch of the House of Stuart . [ 1 ]
Death James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 1695–1734: 21 August 1670 Moulins, Allier son of James II of England and Arabella Churchill: Honora de Burgh, Countess de Lucan 26 March 1695 1 child Anne Bulkeley 18 April 1700 10 children: 12 June 1734 Philippsburg aged 63 James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick 1734–1738: 21 October 1696
Although James Harden's 2014-15 season ended without a championship or MVP award, he still had one of the best years in recent memory, averaging 27 points, five rebounds, and seven assists per ...