Family and Education
b. 22 Apr. 1787, 1st illegit. s. of Richard Colley Wellesley†, 1st Mq. Wellesley (d. 1842), and Hyacinthe Gabrielle, illegit. da. of Christopher Fagan, chevalier in the French serviceShe was adopted as his da. by Pierre Roland, banker, of Paris (Iris Butler, The Eldest Brother, 50) (whom he m. 1794, s.p. legit.). educ. Mr. Roberts’s sch. Mitcham, Surr.; Eton 1800; Christ Church, Oxf. 1805. m. c. June 1821,TNA FO 352/10A/3, Planta to S. Canning, 18 June 1822 suggests that the marriage may have taken place c.Mar. 1822. Jane Eliza, da. of George Chambers† of Hartford, nr. Huntingdon, 4s. 1da. d.v.p. 1 Mar. 1831.
Offices Held
Ld. of treasury Jan. – June 1812; commr. of stamp duties 1826 – d.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
WELLESLEY, Richard (1787-1831)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion