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
The Mistress and the Maids The Mistress and the Maids "The Mistress and the Maids" was the second episode of the first series of the British television series, "Upstairs, Downstairs". The episode is set in 1904. In June 1904, Richard Bellamy commissions Guthrie Scone, a Bohemian artist, to paint his wife. Lady Marjorie duly poses for Scone and Sarah is sent to deliver Lady Marjorie's dresses to his studio. Soon Scone simultaneously paints a nude portrait of Sarah and (an imagined) Rose, whom he paints from Sarah's descriptions. Both paintings are exhibited together as "The Mistress and the Maids" at the Royal Academy causing a