Frederick FitzClarence
Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick FitzClarence , GCH ( December 9, 1799 - October 30, 1854 ) was a British officer in the British Army and the third illegitimate son of King William IV and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan .
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FitzClarence became an officer in the British Army in 1814 . As a captain in the Coldstream Guards , he commanded a small division of guards who assisted the police in arresting the conspirators on Cato Street.
Frederick FitzClarence was appointed a Colonel of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot . On May 24, 1831, he was awarded the rank of younger son of a marquess . After he had been beaten to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (GCH) in 1847, he became Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth and Officer General of the Southwest District that same year. In 1852 he became Commander in Chief of the Bombay Army.
family
On May 19, 1821, he married Lady Augusta Boyle († July 28, 1876), the eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Glasgow . They had two children:
- Augusta FitzClarence (December 1824– October 18, 1865)
- William FitzClarence (* / † 1827)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Lord Frederick FitzClarence obituary The Gentleman's Magazine , 1855, p. 304
- ^ Morning Chronicle , Thursday, February 24, 1820, as replicated on A Web of English History
- ^ Final resting place for two horses . Portsmouth News. April 21, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ The India List and India Office List
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SURNAME | FitzClarence, Frederick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | FitzClarence, Lord Frederick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer in the British Army and the third illegitimate son of King William IV and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1799 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1854 |