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24 de jun. de 2014 · General Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) has just landed at Mondego Bay leading a British expeditionary force numbering 14000 men – this being the very start of his 6-year fight to liberate the Iberian Peninsula from Napoleon’s occupying forces. Amongst Arthur’s considerable retinue we find one William Pole, a 20-year-old aide ...
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, GCH, PC, PC, known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder br...
9 de set. de 2018 · POLE TYLNEY LONG WELLESLEY, Hon. William (1788-1857), of 39 Dover Street, Piccadilly, Mdx. and West Green, Hartford Bridge, Hants. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 , ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009
At Eton, Wellesley was a ‘sound scholar’, but not as brilliant as his elder brother Richard. After four years in the navy, having assumed the name of Wellesley Pole, he sat in the Irish parliament of 1783 for the family borough of Trim, supporting government. In 1790, through his elder brother’s friendship with Pitt, he stood on the ...
10 de mar. de 2017 · On 14th March 1812, ‘Wicked’ William Wellesley-Pole married his fabulously rich bride Catherine Tylney-Long at St James’ Church, Piccadilly. The tragic outcome of their marriage has been thoroughly described in Geraldine Roberts ‘ best-selling book The Angel and The Cad (Macmillan, 2015) – including the fascinating account of how such ...
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl Mornington (1763 - 1845) RA Collection: People and Organisations Profile. Born: 20 May 1763 Died: 22 February 1845
William Wellesley-Pole, 3. Earl of Mornington GCH PC war ein irisch-britischer Marineoffizier und Politiker, Münzmeister der Royal Mint von 1814 bis 1823 und Generalpostmeister von 1834 bis 1835.
