Lord Augustus FitzClarence [SEP] father
Lord Augustus FitzClarence
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.
Life.
In 1829 Augustus was appointed a Chaplain of his father (then Duke of Clarence) and later that year he was presented with the vicary of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire, succeeding John Sumner (later Bishop of Chester and
them were also granted by their father the rank of a marquess' younger sons or daughters.
The Duke of Clarence's eldest surviving illegitimate child, George FitzClarence (1794–1842), was created Earl of Munster in 1831 and his male-line was continued until the death of The 7th Earl of Munster in 2000. Two of Lord Munster's brothers, Frederick and Augustus (a clergyman), had issue that were also part of the family. Five daughters of William IV and Dorothy Jordan were married to nobles or prominent