Hvem daterede Dorothy Jordan?

Dorothy Jordan (døbt Dorothea Bland) (født 21. november 1761, død 5. juli 1816) var en irsk skuespillerinde og den senere kong Wilhelm IVs samleverske.

Hun fødtes nær Waterford i Irland. Hun var datter af Francis Bland og hustru Grace Phillips. Dorothy Jordan debuterede som skuespillerinde i 1777. Hun antog navnet "Mrs. Jordan" på trods af, at hun aldrig giftede sig. Hendes sidste optræden på scenen var i 1815.

Hun levede sammen med Vilhelm IV, allerede mens han var prins. De fik sammen mindst ti børn. Børnene fik efternavnet FitzClarence:

1. George Augustus (1794-1842)
2. Henry Edward (1795-1817)
3. Sophia (1796-1837)
4. Mary (1798-1864), som giftede sig med Charles Richard Fox
5. Frederick (1799-1854)
6. Elizabeth Hay, grevinde af Errol (1801-1856)
7. Adolphus (1802-1856)
8. Augusta (1803-1865)
9. Augustus (1805-1854)
10. Amelia (1807-1858)

Sønnerne blev tituleret lord og døtrene lady.

Flere af Dorothy Jordans efterkommere opnåede fremtrædende stillinger i Storbritannien eller Irland. En af disse efterkommere er David Cameron, der blev Storbritanniens premierminister den 11. maj 2010.

Vilhelm 4. (tysk: Wilhelm IV Heinrich, engelsk: William IV Henry født 21. august 1765, død 20. juni 1837) var konge af Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Irland samt af kongeriget Hannover fra 26. juni 1830 til sin død. Han fik tilnavnet Sømandskongen. Vilhelm IV tilhørte fyrstehuset Hannover.

Sir Richard Ford (1758 – 3 May 1806) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1789 to 1791.

Ford was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of East Grinstead in Sussex at an unopposed by-election in February 1789. He held that seat until the general election in 1790, when he was returned unopposed for the borough of Appleby in Westmorland.

He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby, until he resigned from the Commons in early 1791 by accepting the post of Steward of East Hendred. (The by-election for his successor was held in May 1791).

After serving the Undersecretary of State in the home office, Richard Ford was for many years chief police magistrate of London, for which services he was knighted. Ford lived some years with actress Dorothea Jordan, who had three children by him, one of whom died. She left him when his promises of marriage were not fulfilled, because it went against the wishes of Ford's father. Ford later married Benjamin Booth's daughter and a heiress. His eldest son from this marriage was also named Richard Ford known for his travel writings about Spain and art collection.