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8 de nov. de 2019 · Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington - portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) English Heritage. Legacy. The first Duke of Wellington has at least 90 English pubs named after him. But not, sadly, the one owned by his descendent Sofia Wellseley, who runs the Fox and Pheasant with James Blunt, hard by the Chelsea football stadium.
30 de abr. de 2022 · This time, her family agreed without hesitation. The couple ultimately married in April 1806. After their marriage, his wife became known as Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington. They had two sons, Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, born in 1807, and Charles Wellesley, born in 1808.
30 de mai. de 2016 · His wife Sofia Wellesley is Lady Charlotte’s cousin. The blushing bride, 25, stunned in a cream, off-the-shoulder, long-sleeved gown with a long train by Emilia Wickstead.
I remembered reading about the first Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) and his wife (Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham) and it reminded me strongly of Persuasion (except more tragic in ending). I re-read the Wikipedia page about her again and it is SO SIMILAR! They fell in love and got engaged at a younger age but her family was unhappy.
21 de jun. de 2023 · Weeks after carrying Queen Mary’s Crown at the coronation, Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, the former Princess Antonia of Prussia, had the privilege of joining King Charles III and Queen Camilla in their carriage on the first day of the first Royal Ascot of the new reign. Surely, there is no clearer sign that the couple are at the heart of Their Majesties’s inner ...
The Orange Order had not much time for Wellington, nor he for them. The socially well-connected Princess Lieven, wife of the Russian ambassador in London, hissed to the king’s brother, the ultra ...
The Queen recorded in her journal, “Stratfield Saye is a low and not very large house, but warm and comfortable”. The Duke died at Walmer Castle in September 1852 and is buried in the crypt of St. Paul’s cathedral. But all these years later, nowhere holds a stronger impression of Wellington the man, than Stratfield Saye.
