Lord Frederick FitzClarence

Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick FitzClarence, GCH (9 December 1799 – 30 October 1854) was a British Army officer as well as being the illegitimate third son of King William IV and his mistress, Dorothea Jordan.

Bookplate showing the coat of arms of Lord Frederick FitzClarence. The bookplate reads, "This belonged to my Father when Duke of Clarence and was left to me by the Will of Queen Adelaide"

Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Born	9 December 1799
Died	30 October 1854(1854-10-30) (aged 54)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1814–1854
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	Bombay Army
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
Spouse(s)	Lady Augusta Boyle
Relations	William IV (father) Dorothea Jordan (mother)

Military career

FitzClarence was commissioned as an officer in the British Army in 1814.[1] While a captain in the Coldstream Guards, FitzClarence commanded a small detachment of Guards to act in support of the police with the arrest of the Cato Street conspirators in 1820.[1] The arrest was not straightforward, and a scuffle ensued.[2]

Frederick FitzClarence gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.[1] On 24 May 1831 he was granted the rank of a marquess' younger son.[1] Having been invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (G.C.H.) that same year, he became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in 1847[3] and then Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army in 1852.[4] He died in office in October 1854.[1]

Family

On 19 May 1821, he married Lady Augusta Boyle (d. 28 July 1876), the eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Glasgow. They had two children:

• Augusta FitzClarence (December 1824 – 18 October 1865)
• William FitzClarence (b. & d. 1827)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Frederick FitzClarence

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

References

1. Lord Frederick FitzClarence obituary The Gentleman's Magazine, 1855, p.304
2. Morning Chronicle, Thursday, 24 February 1820, as replicated on A Web of English History
3. "Final resting place for two horses". Portsmouth News. 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
4. The India List and India Office List

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Hercules Pakenham	GOC South-West District 1847–1851	Succeeded by Sir George D'Aguilar
Preceded by Sir John Grey	C-in-C, Bombay Army 1852–1854	Succeeded by Sir Henry Somerset
Preceded by Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Bt	Colonel of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 1851–1854	Succeeded by William Henry Scott
Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Rothes	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1841–1843	Succeeded by Lord Glenlyon
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Munster	Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1833	Succeeded by John Sulivan Wood