Lady Augusta Gordon was a British noblewoman. Born the fourth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan, she grew up at their Bushy House residence in Teddington. Augusta had four sisters and five brothers all surnamed FitzClarence. Soon after their father became monarch, the FitzClarence children were raised to the ranks of younger children of a marquess.
Lady Augusta with her three children
Lady Augusta Fitzclarence
William IV 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 GeorgeĀ III, William succeeded his elder brother GeorgeĀ IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.
Portrait by Martin Archer Shee, 1833
William (left), aged thirteen, and his younger brother Edward, painted by Benjamin West, 1778
Prince William at the age of 17, by Thomas Gainsborough, c. September 1782
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1790-95