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Pages in category "Wellesley family" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo;
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842). Wellesley spent most of his childhood at his family's two homes, the first a large house in Dublin, Mornington House, and the second Dangan Castle, 3 miles (5 km) north of Summerhill in County Meath. [20]
Arthur Wellesley 1769–1852 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Victoria, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Torres Vedras, Marquess Douro, Viscount Wellington, and Baron Douro: Marquessate Wellesley and Barony Wellesley extinct, 1842: William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley 1788–1857
Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The name derived from Wellington in Somerset. The title was created in 1814 for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (1769–1852; born as The Hon. Arthur Wesley), the Anglo-Irish military commander who is best known for leading the decisive victory with Field Marshal von Blücher over Napoleon's forces at Waterloo in ...
Arthur Wellesley, painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 –14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century.
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, [1] KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington .
Wellington was born on 19 August 1945 at H.R.H. Princess Christian Hospital in Windsor, Berkshire, the first son of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington and Diana McConnel. He grew up in London and at Stratfield Saye House, his family's estate in Hampshire, and was educated at Ludgrove School, Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. [1] [2]
The de Wellesley family came from Somerset, and took their name from the town of Wells in that county, with which they had a close association [1] (the earliest surviving family record is a charter dated about 1180, now held in Wells Cathedral). [1]
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