Lot Essay
The arms are those of Fitzclarence, for George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence, eldest son of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) by Mrs Jordan. George was born in 1794 and served in Spain at the age of fifteen. He was wonded and captured at Fuentes D Onoro, 1811 but escaped. He was severely wounded at Toulouse, 1814. He was ADC to the Marquis of Hastings in the Mahratta war, 1816-17. He was created first Earl of Munster, 1831 and became lieutenant of the Tower. He promoted oriental studies and was president of the Asiatic Society. He published fragments of military history and is supposed to have influenced his father against reform. He committed suicide in 1842