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Lord Augustus FitzClarence (Londra, 1º marzo 1805 – 14 giugno 1854) è stato un nobile e religioso inglese, figlio illegittimo di Guglielmo IV del Regno Unito e della sua amante Dorothea Jordan
Lord Augustus FitzClarence (1 March 1805 – 14 June 1854), was the youngest illegitimate son of William IV of the United Kingdom and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. Like his siblings, he had little contact with his mother after his parents separated in 1811.
- 1 March 1805
- William IV
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- Dorothea Jordan
Augustus FitzClarence was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and educated in England at Radley College in Oxfordshire. An all-round sportsman, he played for the football first XI and rowed with the Radley VIII at Henley for three years between 1896-98, and was Captain of Boats in the last of those years.
22 mag 2023 · Lord Augustus FitzClarence (1 March 1805 – 14 June 1854), was the youngest illegitimate son of William IV of the United Kingdom and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. Like his siblings, he had little contact with his mother after his parents separated in 1811.
- Sarah Elizabeth Catherine Fitzclarence
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- June 14, 1854 (49)
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William was born in the early hours of the morning on 21 August 1765 at Buckingham House, the third child and son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. He had two elder brothers, George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick (later Duke of York and Albany), and was not expected to inherit the Crown. He was baptised in the Great Council Chamber of...
William ceased his active service in the Royal Navy in 1790. When Britain declared war on France in 1793, he was eager to serve his country and expected to be given a command but was not, perhaps at first because he had broken his arm by falling down some stairs drunk, but later perhaps because he gave a speech in the House of Lords opposing the wa...
From 1791, William lived with an Irish actress, Dorothea Bland, better known by her stage name Mrs Jordan, the title "Mrs” being assumed at the start of her stage career to explain an inconvenient pregnancy and "Jordan" because she had "crossed the water" from Ireland to Britain. He appeared to enjoy the domesticity of his life with Mrs. Jordan, re...
William's elder brother, the Prince of Wales, had been Prince Regent since 1811 because of the mental illness of their father. In 1820, George III died and the Prince Regent became George IV. William, Duke of Clarence, was now second in the line of succession, preceded only by his brother Frederick, Duke of York. Reformed since his marriage, Willia...
Early reign
When George IV died on 26 June 1830 without surviving legitimate issue, William succeeded him as William IV. Aged 64, he was the oldest person at that point to assume the British throne, a distinction he would hold until surpassed by Charles IIIin 2022. Unlike his extravagant brother, William was unassuming, discouraging pomp and ceremony. In contrast to George IV, who tended to spend most of his time in Windsor Castle, William was known, especially early in his reign, to walk, unaccompanied,...
Reform crisis
At the time, the death of the monarch caused fresh Parliamentary elections and, in the general election of 1830, Wellington's Tories lost ground to the Whigs under Lord Grey, though the Tories still had the largest number of seats. With the Tories bitterly divided, Wellington was defeated in the House of Commons in November, and Lord Grey formed a government. Grey pledged to reform the electoral system, which had seen few changes since the fifteenth century. The inequities in the system were...
Foreign policy
William distrusted foreigners, particularly anyone French, which he acknowledged as a "prejudice". He also felt strongly that Britain should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, which brought him into conflict with the interventionist Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston. William supported Belgian independence and, after unacceptable Dutch and French candidates were put forward, favoured Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the widower of his niece Charlotte, as a candida...
British and Hanoverian honours 1. 5 April 1770: Knight of the Thistle(KT) 2. 19 April 1782: Knight of the Garter(KG) 3. 23 June 1789: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom(PC) 4. 2 January 1815: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath(GCB) 5. 12 August 1815: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order 6. 26 April 1827:...
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1. : Red borders indicate British monarchs 2. : Bold borders indicate legitimate children of British monarchs
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Lady Augusta Gordon ( née FitzClarence; 17 November 1803 – 8 December 1865) was a British noblewoman. Born the fourth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom (then Duke of Clarence and St Andrews) by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan, she grew up at their Bushy House residence in Teddington.
There is little outward evidence of the most flamboyant and engaging of Mapledurham characters, who lives buried in a discreet and unassuming grave on the south side of the church: Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, natural son of William IV by Mrs Jordan, and Vicar of Mapledurham from 1829 until his death in 1854.
