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Lady Augusta Gordon
Lady Augusta FitzClarence | |
|---|---|
 Lady Augusta with her three children | |
| Born | 17 November 1803 Bushy House, Teddington |
| Died | 8 December 1865 (aged 62) |
| Noble family | FitzClarence |
| Spouse(s) |
Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine
(m. 1827; died 1831) |
| Issue | William Henry Kennedy-Erskine Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster Millicent Wemyss |
| Father | William IV |
| Mother | Dorothea Jordan |
Lady Augusta Gordon (née FitzClarence; 17 November 1803 – 8 December 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 became monarch, the FitzClarence children were raised to the ranks of younger children of a marquess.
In 1827, Augusta married the Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine, son of the 13th Earl of Cassilis. They had three children before he died in 1831. Five years later, she married Lord Frederick Gordon, the third son of the 9th Marquess of Huntly. After the death of her sister Sophia in 1837, Augusta was appointed State Housekeeper of Kensington Palace by her father. She was the mother of the novelist Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster.
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