George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster

George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster PC (29 January 1794 – 20 March 1842), was the eldest bastard son of William IV of the United Kingdom and his long-time mistress Dorothy Jordan.

He was created 1st Earl of Munster, 1st Viscount FitzClarence and 1st Baron Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucester, on 4 June 1831, [http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~canyon/peerage_titles.htm#Appendix Yvonne's Royalty: Peerage] ] and made a Privy Councillor in 1833.

He gained the rank of Major-General. He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM King William IV between 1830 and 1837. He held the office of Lieutenant of the Tower between 1831 and 1833. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1833. He held the office of Constable of Windsor Castle between 1833 and 1842. He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1841.

He wed Mary Wyndham (d. 3 December 1842), daughter of George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont and Elizabeth Ilive, on 18 October 1819. They were the parents to seven children.

* Lady Adelaide Georgiana (28 August 1820 - 11 October 1883); died unmarried
* Lady Augusta Margaret (29 July 1822-5 September 1846); died of childbed fever
* Lord William George, 2nd Earl of Munster (19 May 1824-30 April 1901)
* Hon. Frederick Charles George (1 February 1826-17 December 1878); no issue
* Lady Mary Gertrude (d. 1834); died in infantcy
* Capt. George (15 April 1836-24 March 1894)
* Lt. Edward (8 July 1837 - 23 July 1855); died of wounds during the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War

FitzClarence committed suicide by a gunshot wound at the age of 48 in London.

Ancestry

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1= 1. George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
2= 2. William IV of the United Kingdom
3= 3. Dorothy Jordan
4= 4. George III of the United Kingdom
5= 5. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
6= 6. Francis Bland
7= 7. Grace Phillips
8= 8. Frederick, Prince of Wales
9= 9. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
10= 10. Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
11= 11. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
12= 12. Nathaniel Bland
13= 13. Elizabeth Heaton
16= 16. George II of Great Britain
17= 17. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
18= 18. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
19= 19. Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
20= 20. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
21= 21. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
22= 22. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
23= 23. Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
24= 24. James Bland
25= 25. Lucy Brewster

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