George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence by being drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine). He appears as a character in William Shakespeare's plays "Henry VI, Part 3" and "Richard III", in which his death is attributed to the machinations of Richard. George was born on 21 October 1449 in Dublin at a time when his father, the Duke of York, had begun to challenge Henry VI for the crown. His godfather was James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond. He was the third of the four sons of Richard and Cecily who survived to adulthood. His father died in 1460. In 1461 his elder brother, Edward,
Duke of Clarence (1800 ship) 1803. She had embarked 212 slaves and she landed 191, for a loss rate of 9.9%. She left Trinidad on 30 June, and arrived back at Liverpool on 11 August. She had departed Liverpool with 22 crew members and shesuffered three crew deaths on the voyage. Captain Henry Killiner acquired a letter of marque on 11 January 1805. "Lloyd's List" reported on 25 January that the privateer "Duke of Clarence" had gone ashore at Secombe, and was much damaged. However, in February Killiner sailed "Duke of Clarence" to engage in whaling on the Brazil Banks. "Duke of Clarence" foundered on