Lady Augusta Gordon was a British noblewoman. Born the fourth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan, she grew up at their Bushy House residence in Teddington. A
Lady Augusta with her three children
Lady Augusta Fitzclarence
Dorothea Jordan was an Anglo-Irish actress. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClare
Lady Augusta Gordon
…1865) was a British noblewoman. Born the fourth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom (then Duke of Clarence and St Andrews) and 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…
Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind by William Beechey, 1787
Mrs. Jordan in her role of Peggy in The Country Girl, David Garrick's tamer adaption of Wycherley's earlier, more scandalous play The Country Wife
Portrait of the Duke of Clarence by Martin Archer Shee, 1800. Jordan was in a long-standing relationship with the third son of George III, who later inherited the throne as William IV.