Lord Adolphus FitzClarence
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish naval officer (1802-1856); seventh child and fourth illegitimate son of William IV and Dorothea Jordan
Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus FitzClarence was a British Royal Navy officer and illegitimate son of Prince William, the future William IV, and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. FitzClarence joined the navy in 1813.
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HMS Impregnable, the first ship FitzClarence served in
HMS Tagus, with FitzClarence aboard, running into Marsamxett Harbour, Malta, in 1815
HMS Ariadne, FitzClarence's first command as a captain
HMS Challenger sails to Lisbon under the command of FitzClarence, by Henry Moses
Portrait of William IV by Martin Archer Shee. FitzClarence's father William IV in 1833
HMY Victoria and Albert, of which FitzClarence was the first captain
Posthumous portrait of FitzClarence wearing an admiral's hat by Rosa Koberwein, 1877Awards 1
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About this person
Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus FitzClarence was a British Royal Navy officer and illegitimate son of Prince William, the future William IV, and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. FitzClarence joined the navy in 1813. In the following year he joined a fourth rate which saw service in the War of 1812, including in the unsuccessful blockade and chase of USS Constitution. FitzClarence saw frequent service in the Mediterranean Sea. Coming under the patronage of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle, FitzClarence received further naval education from Commander William Henry Smyth and served in the Ionian Islands upholding British neutrality in the Greek War of Independence.
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