Lord Frederick FitzClarence
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![]() Lord Frederick FitzClarence | |
Born | 9 December 1799 |
Died | 30 October 1854 | (aged 54)
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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) |
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.
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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)
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References
- ^ a b c d e Lord Frederick FitzClarence obituary The Gentleman's Magazine, 1855, p.304
- ^ Morning Chronicle, Thursday, 24 February 1820, as replicated on A Web of English History
- ^ "Final resting place for two horses". Portsmouth News. 21 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ The India List and India Office List
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1799 births
- 1854 deaths
- FitzClarence family
- Illegitimate children of William IV of the United Kingdom
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
- Younger sons of marquesses
- 36th Regiment of Foot officers
- Coldstream Guards officers
- British Army generals
- Equerries
- Sons of British monarchs