Aubrey FitzClarence, 4th Earl of Munster (7 June 1862 – 1 January 1928) was an
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aristocrat and a great-grandson of
King William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
by his mistress
Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan, née Bland (21 November 17615 July 1816), was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later William IV, and the mother of ten illegitimate children by ...
.
Biography
Aubrey FitzClarence was born in
Kensington, London, a son of
William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster (19 May 1824 – 30 April 1901) and
Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine (27 June 1830 – 9 October 1906). His parents were first cousins, thus making Aubrey a great-grandson of William IV twice over. His paternal grandfather was
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster and his maternal grandmother was
Lady Augusta FitzClarence, who were brother and sister.
Aubrey's elder brother,
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 3rd Earl of Munster, inherited the Munster earldom and the subsidiary titles of Viscount FitzClarence and Lord Tewkesbury when their father died in 1901.
However, Geoffrey was serving in the British Army in
South Africa
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at the time and he died nine months later without ever having returned to England.
Peerage
When the 3rd Earl died childless in 1902, the earldom and other titles were inherited by Aubrey.
Aubrey had held the office of Gentleman Usher-in-Ordinary to
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
from 1885 to 1901 and to
King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria a ...
from 23 July 1901 until 7 February 1902, shortly after inheriting the earldom.
At that time, Aubrey resigned the office.
Death
Aubrey died unmarried at the age of 65, at which point his nephew,
Geoffrey FitzClarence, became the 5th Earl of Munster.
References
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1862 births
1928 deaths
19th-century English people
Gentlemen Ushers
Schuyler family
English people of Dutch descent
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