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Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington, younger brother of preceding [ Marquis Richard Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington ], was born at 24 Upper Merrion-street, Dublin, 29th April 1769. [For ancestry, see notice of his father, p. 550.] From a painting of 1854 by George Baxter.
He was Viscount Wellesley until 1781 when he succeeded his father as the 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was elevated to the Irish peerage as Marquess Wellesley. Between 1798 and 1805, he was the fifth Governor-General of India, and he later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Peninsular War. (Show more) Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington (born May 1, 1769, Dublin, Ireland—died September 14, 1852, Walmer Castle, Kent, England) was an Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He first rose to military prominence in India, won ...
Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842) became one of the most controversial politicians of his generation during his time as Governor-General of Bengal (1798–1805). Although this period saw him achieve territorial gains and military victories in India - including the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore - the financial cost was considered too high.
The two great heroic figures of Britain’s war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France met only once. As Horatio Nelson rose to fame in the 1790s the future Duke of Wellington – then Sir Arthur Wellesley – was serving in India. Wellesley only returned to Britain in 1805, but it so happened that his visit to London to solicit a new ...
WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or Wellesley), Marquess (1760-1842), eldest son of the 1st earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and brother of the famous duke of Wellington, was born on the 20th of June 1760. He was sent to Eton, where he was distinguished as a classical s
Gray, Peter. Wellesley (Wesley), Arthur (1769–1852), 1st duke of Wellington , soldier and politician, was born 1 May 1769 at Mornington House, 6 Merrion Street, Dublin, the third surviving son of Garret Wesley (qv) (1735–81), 1st earl of Mornington, and his wife, Anne (née Hill; 1742–1831), daughter of 1st Viscount Dungannon (qv).
