On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Arthur Figgis wrote:

On 24/11/2010 20:06, Graeme wrote:
In message1aednUdiPe99wnDRnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk
Arthur wrote:

There was Finisterre becoming FitzRoy.

Without googling, who, or what, was Fitzroy?

Captain of HMS Beagle of Darwin fame, Met Office bigwig, eventually
topped himself. But without Googling, I couldn't say exactly what he did
at the Met Office - founded it, maybe? Perhaps most importantly, he
doesn't share a name with a Spanish sea area.

Of course the achievements of Mr C Lightvessel-Automatic are now largely
forgotten...

!

tom

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