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20 de dez. de 2009 · Sat 19 Dec 2009 19.06 EST. A s a descendant of the Duke of Wellington, Jane Wellesley has a family history that is rich in incident and populated by a multitude of well-known figures. Drawing on ...
Field Marshal and Prime Minister The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who achieved peace in Europe when he led the campaign to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became leader of the Tory party and, as Prime Minister, from 1828-1830, he carried an important, if ...
Arthur Richard Wellesley. Birthdate: February 03, 1807. Death: August 13, 1884 (77) Immediate Family: Son of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley. Husband of Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, VA. Brother of Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley.
Contact. MEET THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON. Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, OBE DL (born 19 August 1945), is the present Duke of Wellington. He is the son of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, Diana McConnel. He married Princess Antonia of Prussia (who no longer uses her royal title) on 3 ...
Field Marshal and Prime Minister The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who achieved peace in Europe when he led the campaign to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became leader of the Tory party and, as Prime Minister, from 1828-1830, he carried an important, if ...
At the heart of the Wellington Estate. The Duke of Wellington approved the estate on his first visit in September 1817. He liked the park, with the River Loddon flowing through it, the woods and its relatively easy access to London and Windsor. He planted a Cedar across the river from the house, which has now grown into a magnificent tree.
Wellesley was born into a wealthy Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in the Kingdom of Ireland as Hon. Arthur Wesley, the third of five surviving sons (fourth otherwise) to The 1st Earl of Mornington and his wife Anne, the eldest daughter of The 1st Viscount Dungannon. He was most likely born at their townhouse, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, now The Merrion Hotel. His biographers mostly follow ...
