Frederick FitzClarence

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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 .

Bookplate with the coat of arms of Lord Frederick FitzClarence. The bookplate reads: "This belonged to my father as Duke of Clarence and was given to me by the will of Queen Adelaide."

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

  1. ↑ a b c d e Lord Frederick FitzClarence obituary The Gentleman's Magazine , 1855, p. 304
  2. ^ Morning Chronicle , Thursday, February 24, 1820, as replicated on A Web of English History
  3. ^ Final resting place for two horses . Portsmouth News. April 21, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  4. ^ The India List and India Office List
predecessor Office successor
Sir Hercules Pakenham GOC South-West District
1847-1851 		Sir George D'Aguilar
Sir John Gray C-in-C, Bombay Army
1852-1854 		Sir Henry Somerset
Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Bt Colonel of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
1851-1854 		William Henry Scott
The Earl of Rothes Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
1841-1843 		Lord Glenlyon
The Earl of Munster Lieutenant of the Tower of London
1833 		John Sulivan Wood
personal data
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