Gerald George Fitzgerald

Gerard George Fitzgerald was a 19thcentury member of parliament in New Zealand. Like his brother James FitzGerald, he was a journalist of considerable ability, and cofounded The Southland Times in 1862. For the lastyears of his life, he was editor of The Timaru Herald.

Fitzgerald was born in Bath, Somerset, England onOctober 1832 and baptised onJanuary 1834 in Walcot, Bath. His father was Gerard Fitzgerald and his mother was Emily Fitzgerald , the third wife of his father. His paternal grandfather, Richard Fitzgerald, was a member of the Irish House of Commons. His maternal grandfather, Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet, was a member of the British House of Commons. An older halfbrother, James FitzGerald , was from his fathers second wife. He received his education at the grammar school in Bath. He arrived in Lyttelton on the Castle Eden onFebruary 1851, but left soon after for the Victorian gold rush. In Victoria, he bought and drove cattle to the gold fields, did some prospecting for gold, and acted as gold buyer for Melbournebased banks.

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