George Augustus FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster (1794–1842) • FamilySearch

George Augustus FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster

16 January 1794–20 March 1842 (Age 48)
Teddington, London, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of George Augustus

When George Augustus FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster was born on 16 January 1794, in Teddington, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, King William IV of the United Kingdom and Hannover, was 28 and his mother, Dorothea Bland, was 32. He married Mary Fox Wyndham Countess of Munster on 18 October 1819, in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 20 March 1842, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 48, and was buried in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

George Augustus FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster
1794–1842
Mary Fox Wyndham Countess of Munster
1792–1842
Marriage: 18 October 1819
Lady Adelaide Georgiana FitzClarence
1820–1883
Lady Augusta Margaret FitzClarence
1822–1846
William George FitzClarence 2nd Earl of Munster
1824–1901
Frederich Charles George FitzClarence
1826–1878
Mary Gertrude Fitzclarence
1834–1834
Honourable George FitzClarence
1836–1894
Edward FitzClarence
1837–1855

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 October 1819St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 7
    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
    Age 14
    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
    1815
    Age 21
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

    Sources (10)

    • Geroge Earl Of Munster Fitzclarance in entry for Dorothea Augusta Fitzclarance, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • George Duke Of Saxe-Meiningen in entry for William IV Henry King Of England, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
    • Earl Of Munster in entry for Baron De Bonde, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"

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