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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).
Brief Life History of Arthur. When Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington was born on 1 May 1769, in Dublin, Ireland, his father, Garret Wellesley 1st Earl of Mornington, was 33 and his mother, Anne Hill-Trevor, was 26. He married Hon. Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham on 10 April 1806, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
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1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. 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 ...
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b. 1 May 1769,1 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington [I], by Hon. Anne Hill, da. of Arthur, 1st Visct. Dungannon [I]; bro. of Hon. Henry Wellesley*, Hon. Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] and William Wellesley Pole*. Took name of Wellesley in lieu of Wesley, May 1798. educ. Trim diocesan sch.; Brown’s pre...
Ensign, 73 Ft. 1787; lt. 76 Ft. 1787, 41 Ft. 1788, 12 Drag. 1789; capt. 58 Ft. 1791, 18 Drag. 1792; a.d.c. to ld.-lt. [I] Nov. 1787-Mar. 1793; maj. 33 Ft. 1793, lt-col. 1793-1806; brevet col. 1796, maj.-gen. 1802; col. 33 Ft. 1806-12; lt.-gen. 1808; c.-in-c. Peninsula June-Aug. 1808, c.-in-c. Portugal Apr. 1809; gen. 1811; f. m. 1813; col. R. Horse...
An impecunious younger son, Wellesley, described while at Eton as ‘not at all a book boy, and rather dull’, was destined for a military career, in which he progressed under the aegis of his eldest brother Lord Mornington. On coming of age, and while aide-de-camp to the lord lieutenant, he was returned to the Irish parliament for the family borough ...
The latest biography is by Elizabeth Longford (2 vv. 1969, 1973); for its many predecessors see BL cat. Wellesley, Arthur. 1. 1. P. Guedalla, The Duke(1931), 480 states the case against 29 Apr., which is sometimes given. 2. 2. Staffs. RO, Hatherton diary, 26 June 1844; Barrington, Personal Sketches, i. 320-4; Camden mss C121/1, 2; 204/1; 212/1; 266...
May 13, 2024 · Transcription: "WELLESLEY, ARTHUR, first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), field-marshal, was fourth son of Garrett Wellesley, first earl of Mornington [q.v.], by Anne, eldest daughter of Arthur Hill, viscount Dungannon. He was born in 1769, less than four months before Napoleon. There is some doubt about the exact date and place of his birth.
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- Catherine Sarah Dorothea (Pakenham) Wellesley
- September 14, 1852
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.] Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. From a painting of 1854 by George Baxter.
May 29, 2018 · views 1,800,113 updated May 29 2018. Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of (1769–1852). Soldier and prime minister. Arthur Wellesley was the third surviving son of the earl of Mornington, an impoverished Irish peer. Educated at Eton, he was regarded by his family as a dreamy introspective youth; the army was thought to be the only ...
