George
Augustus Frederick
FitzClarence
Born in England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Frances (Daly) Alsop [half], Lucy Hester Rachel (Ford) Hawker [half], Henry Edward FitzClarence, Sophia (FitzClarence) Sidney, Mary (FitzClarence) Fox, Frederick FitzClarence GCH, Elizabeth (FitzClarence) Hay, Adolphus FitzClarence GCH, ADC, Augusta (FitzClarence) Gordon-Hallyburton, Augustus FitzClarence, Amelia (FitzClarence) Cary, Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hannover [half] and Elizabeth Georgina Adelaide (Hannover) Hanover [half]
Husband of
Mary (Wyndham) FitzClarence
— married
18 Oct 1819 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Adelaide Georgiana FitzClarence,
Augusta Margaret (FitzClarence) Bonde,
William FitzClarence,
Frederick Charles George (FitzClarence) FitzClarence-Hunloke,
Mary Gertrude FitzClarence,
George FitzClarence RN and
Edward FitzClarence
Died
at age 48
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2014
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Biography
1st Earl of Munster.
George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence was born in 1794. He was the son of William IV Hannover and Dorothea Bland Jordan.
Earl of Munster
He was created 1st Earl of Munster, Viscount FitzClarence and Baron Tewkesbury by his father on 4 June 1831, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1833. The "Earl of Munster" had been a title held by his father before his accession to the British throne.
Death
On 20 March 1842 he committed suicide at the age of 48 in London. He shot himself with a pistol presented to him by King George IV when Prince of Wales. [1]
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Niels Hansen, Friday, May 16, 2014.
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