William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster, (19 May 1824 – 30 April 1901), styled Viscount FitzClarence from 1831 to 1842, was a British peer, and the grandson of King William IV, whom he was named after, and who died in 1837, aged almost 72, when the younger William was just 13. FitzClarence's father, George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster, was an illegitimate son of King William IV by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. Therefore, the second Earl of Munster was the great-grandson of King George III and first cousin once-removed of Queen Victoria. His
Dorothea Johnson Dorothea Johnson Dorothea Johnson or Dorothea Garrat; Dorothea King (4 December 1732 – 23 July 1817) was an Irish Methodist leader in Lisburn. Johnson was born in Dublin in 1732. Her mother is unknown, but she was raised by her father and his mother. Her grandmother taught her piety but she was illiterate. Her father's business was bankrupt when she was 16 and she agreed to marry Mr King who was one of his deptors - in order that her father would escape jail. The marriage brought forward children but Johnson was unhappy and she returned home. She became a