George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster

George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster

George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster PC (29 January 179420 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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