Wer datete Dorothea Jordan?

Dorothea Jordan (née Bland; 22 November 1761 – 5 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence. She was known professionally as Dorothea Francis and Dorothea Jordan, was informally Dora Jordan, and she was commonly referred to as Mrs Jordan and Mrs FitzClarence.

Wilhelm IV. (englisch William IV; vormalig HRH The Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, Earl of Munster; * 21. August 1765 in Buckingham House, London; † 20. Juni 1837 auf Windsor Castle, Berkshire) war von 1830 bis 1837 König des Vereinigten Königreichs Großbritannien und Irland sowie in Personalunion König von Hannover. Er entstammte dem Haus Hannover und war der dritte Sohn von König Georg III. Seine Regierungszeit war geprägt von bedeutenden innenpolitischen Reformen, insbesondere der Verabschiedung des Reformgesetzes von 1832 (Reform Act), das eine Neuordnung des britischen Wahlrechts einleitete und als wichtiger Schritt zur Demokratisierung des politischen Systems gilt. Ebenso fiel die Abschaffung der Sklaverei im Britischen Empire (Slavery Abolition Act) in seine Regierungszeit.

Aufgrund seiner früheren Laufbahn in der Royal Navy erhielt Wilhelm IV. den Beinamen „Sailor King.“ Mit seinem Tod 1837 endete in Großbritannien die Herrschaft des Hauses Hannover in direkter männlicher Linie; ihm folgte seine Nichte Victoria als Königin nach. In Hannover hingegen trat aufgrund der dort geltenden Erbfolgeregelungen sein Bruder Ernst August I. die Nachfolge an.

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 at the Home Office, Richard Ford was for many years chief police magistrate of London, for which services he was knighted. Ford lived for some years with actress Dorothea Jordan, who had three children by him, one of whom died. She left him when his promises of marriage to her were not fulfilled; his father wished him not to marry her. Ford later married Benjamin Booth's daughter, an heiress. His eldest son from this marriage – also named Richard Ford – was known for his art collection and his travel writings about Spain.