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Paternal Family Tree: Hanover
Before 8th May 1865 [his father] Captain George Fitzclarence (age 29) and [his mother] Maria Henrietta Scott (age 24) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster and [his grandmother] Mary Wyndham Countess Munster.
On 8th May 1865 Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence was born to Captain George Fitzclarence (age 29) and Maria Henrietta Scott (age 24). He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
In February 1885 Charles Fitzclarence (age 19) was commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of lieutenant, into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment.
The London Gazette 25641. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Lieutenant Charles FitzClarence (age 21), from the 3rd Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice E. M. Barttelot, promoted. Dated 10th November, 1886.
On 24th March 1894 [his father] Captain George Fitzclarence (age 57) died.
On 20th April 1898 Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence (age 32) and Violet Spencer-Churchill (age 34) were married at the Citadel Church, Cairo. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 3rd October 1899 [his son] Edward FitzClarence 6th Earl of Munster was born to Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence (age 34) and [his wife] Violet Spencer-Churchill (age 35). He a great x 2 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
The London Gazette 27208. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Captain Charles FitzClarence (age 34). On the 14th October, 1899, Captain FitzClarence went with his squadron of the Protectorate Regiment, consisting of only partially trained men, who had never been in action, to the assistance of an armoured train which had gone out from MafeKing. The enemy were in greatly superior numbers, and the squadron was for a time surrounded, and it looked as if nothing could save them from being shot down. Captain FitzClarence, however, by his personal coolness and courage inspired the greatest confidence in his men, and, by his bold and efficient handling of them, not only succeeded in relieving the armoured train, but inflicted a heavy defeat on the Boers, who lost 50 killed and a large number wounded, his own losses being 2 killed and 15 wounded. The moral effect of this blow had a very important bearing on subsequent encounters with the Boers.
On the 27th October, 1899, Captain FitzClarence led his squadron from MafeKing across the open, and made a night attack with the bayonet on one of the enemy's trenches. A hand-to-hand fight took place in the trench, while a heavy fire was concentrated on it from the rear. The enemy was driven out with heavy loss. Captain FitzClarence was the first man into the position and accounted-for four of the enemy with his sword. The British lost & killed and 9 wounded. Captain. FitzClarence was himself: slightly wounded. With reference to these two actions, Major General Baden-Powell states that had this Officer not shown an extraordinary spirit and fearlessness the attacks would have been failures, and we should have suffered heavy loss both in men and prestige.
On the 26th December, 1899, during the action at Game Tree, near MafeKing, Captain FitzClarence again distinguished himself by his coolness and courage, and was again wounded (severely through both legs).
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In July 1909 Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence (age 44) succeeded to the command of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.
In 1912 [his mother] Maria Henrietta Scott (age 71) died.
On 12th November 1914 Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence (age 49) was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium whilst commanding the 1st (Guards) Brigade. In his Despatch of 20 November 1914, Sir John French said: "Another officer whose name was particularly mentioned to me was Brigadier-General FitzClarence, VC, commanding the 1st Guards' Brigade. He was unfortunately killed in the night attack of the 11th November. His loss will be severely felt".
In 1941 [his former wife] Violet Spencer-Churchill (age 77) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
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Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
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Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: King William IV of the United Kingdom Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandFather: George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan"
Father: Captain George Fitzclarence Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Petty
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter
GrandMother: Mary Wyndham Countess Munster 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont
Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence Great Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom
GrandFather: John Henry Scott 3rd Earl of Clonmell
Mother: Maria Henrietta Scott