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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was born on 29 April 1769 at Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Garrett Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington and the Hon Anne Hill-Trevor. He was baptised at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
He married the Hon Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham, daughter of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and Catherine Rowley, at St. George's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. The exact date is in dispute. FamilySearch gives marriage bond and license data as 1806. Wikipedia and other internet sites claim they married on 10 April of tha...
Arthur Wellesley was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman. He rose to prominence during the Peninsular War and became a national hero in Britain after the Napoleonic Wars, during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo. He would later be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two separate occasions. In 185...
He died on 14 September 1852 at age 83 at Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England. His public funeral took place on 18 November 1852 at St. Paul's Cathedral, The City, London, England, with his death being registered in the third quarter of 1852 at Eastry, Kent, England, United Kingdom. and an elaborate procession and ceremony commemorated the life of...
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- April 29, 1769
- Catherine Sarah Dorothea (Pakenham) Wellesley
- September 14, 1852
Jul 15, 2020 · The Duke of Wellington was born plain Arthur Wesley on 1 May 1769 in Mornington House on Merrion Street, Dublin, close to Leinster House and opposite what is now the Taoiseach’s office. Mornington House took its name from Mornington, Co Meath, near Drogheda, which also gave the family a title.
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Dec 5, 2014 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a well-known military and political leader of the nineteenth century who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars when he became a field marshal after winning at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.
The Duke of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, married, 10th April 1806, Lady Catherine Pakenham, daughter of Lord Longford, descended from a family settled in Ireland since 1576. She died in April 1831.
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Often referred to solely as "The Duke of Wellington", he led a successful military career in the Indian subcontinent during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–99) and the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805), and in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
