Songs

Remember Captain Fitzroy

Dear Robert Fitzroy….think of him today on the anniversary of his suicide in 1865. He took HMS Beagle on its famous journey with Charles Darwin onboard as a gentleman companion for the voyage. He was a pioneer of weather forecasting – sounds boring but it was actually ground-breaking at that time. The Royal Navy made him a Vice-Admiral but he suffered from depression and this led him to kill himself at only 59. An undeserved ending of a meaningful life. Read This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson, one of the best books I’ve ever read. Full stop.