Lady Augusta Gordon Lady Augusta Gordon 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) 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. In 1827, Augusta married the Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine, a younger son of the 13th Earl of Cassilis. They had
Dorothea Conyers set within the Irish sporting gentry. She herself was a keen sportsman. She died in Limerick on 25 May 1949. Some of her papers are held in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. Dorothea Conyers Dorothea Conyers (11 November 1869 – 25 May 1949) was an Irish novelist. Dorothea Conyers was born Dorothea Spaight Blood-Smith in Fedamore, County Limerick on 11 November 1869. She was one of twin daughters of Colonel John Blood-Smith and Amelia Blood-Smith (née Spaight). Her family were part of the Protestant landed gentry, but the family fortunes declined after the death of her father when