Lady Amelia FitzClarence Cary (1807-1858)

Lady Amelia FitzClarence Cary

Birth

21 Mar 1807

Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England

Death

2 Jul 1858 (aged 51)

Hutton Rudby, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England

Burial

All Saints Churchyard

Hutton Rudby, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England

Plot

vault in South East corner of churchyard

Memorial ID

141944091 View Source

Amelia FitzClarence was the last of ten illegitimate children of Prince William, Duke of Clarence [later King William IV] by his long-time mistress, the famous comic actress Dorothea Jordan.
She married Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland in 1830. They had one son, Lucius William Charles Frederick Cary, Master of Falkland (24 November 1831 – 6 August 1871), who married Sarah Christiana Keighly (d. 4 October 1902).

Inscription

inscription inside church:

THIS MONUMENT
IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
AMELIA
THE LOVED & HONOURED WIFE
OF
LUCIUS BENTINCK CARY 10TH VISCOUNT FALKLAND
BY HER HUSBAND
...
"DEATH: ERE THOU SHALT STRIKE ANOTHER
FAIR & WISE, & GOOD AS SHE,
TIME SHALL THROW HIS DART AT THEE"
...
SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF KING WILLIAM THE 4TH
& YOUNGEST SISTER OF GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF MUNSTER
SHE WAS BORN MARCH 21ST 1807
AND DIED JULY 2ND 1858, AGED 51 YEARS
...
SHE IS BURIED IN A VAULT IN THE SOUTH
EAST CORNER OF THIS CHURCHYARD