Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852)  - Genealogy
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Birthdate:
Mornigton House, Upper Merrion St., Dublin, Ireland
Death:
in Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England
Place of Burial:
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Collection:
May 1 1769 - Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion St., Dublin, Ireland
Death:
Sep 14 1852 - Walmer Castle, Kent, England
Parents:
Lord Garret Colley Wellesley, Anne Wellesley
Wife:
Apr 29 1769 - Upper Merrion St., Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Death:
May 1 1769 - Mornigton House, Upper Merrion St., Dublin, Ireland
Death:
Sep 14 1852 - Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England
Mother:
Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley (born Packenham)
Siblings:
...everend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Lady Anne Wellesley, William Wellesley-Pole, Richard Colley Wellesley, Sir Henry Wellesley, Duke Welli...
May 1 1769 - Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death:
Sep 14 1852 - Walmer Castle, Kent, England
Parents:
Garrett Wellesley, Anne Wellesley (born Hill-Trevor)
Spouses:
Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley (born Packenham), Elizabeth Rennie Winder, Mary Wellesley (born Burroughs)
Children:
Charles Wellesley, Arthur Richard Wellesley, Thomas White Melville Winder
Siblings:
...ole, Sir Henry Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Mary Elizabeth Stepp (born Wellesley), Francis Se...
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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century.
Born in Ireland to a prominent Ascendancy family, he was commissioned an ensign in the British Army in 1787. Serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland he was also elected as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. A colonel by 1796, Wellesley saw action in the Netherlands and later India where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was later appointed Governor of Seringapatam and Mysore.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a General during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the Allied forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a Dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the Allied army which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
An opponent of parliamentary reform, he was given the epithet the "Iron Duke" because of the iron shutters he had fixed to his windows to stop the pro-reform mob from breaking them. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under the Tory party and oversaw the passage of Catholic Relief Act 1829. He was Prime Minister from 1828-30 and served briefly in 1834. He was unable to prevent the passage of the Reform Act of 1832 and continued as one of the leading figures in the House of Lords until his retirement. He remained Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century. He is often referred to as simply "The Duke of Wellington", even after his death, when there have been subsequent Dukes of Wellington.
Born in Ireland to a prominent Ascendancy family, he was commissioned an ensign in the British Army in 1787. Serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. A colonel by 1796, Wellesley saw action in the Netherlands and later India where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was later appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a Dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Wellesley's battle record is exemplary, ultimately participating in some 60 battles throughout his military career.
An opponent of parliamentary reform, he was given the epithet the "Iron Duke" because of the iron shutters he had fixed to his windows to stop the pro-reform mob from breaking them. He was twice Prime Minister under the Tory party and oversaw the passage of the Catholic Relief Act 1829. He was Prime Minister from 1828–30 and served briefly in 1834. He was unable to prevent the passage of the Reform Act of 1832 and continued as one of the leading figures in the House of Lords until his retirement. He remained Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his death in 1852.
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