Family and Education
b. 20 June 1760, 1st s. of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington [I], by Anne, da. of Arthur Hill, 1st Visct. Dungannon [I]; bro. of Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington. educ. Harrow 1770-1; Eton 1771-8; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1778-81. m. (1) 29 Nov. 1794, Hyacinthe Gabrielle (d. 7 Nov. 1816), da. of Pierre Roland of Paris, 5 ch. bef. marriage; (2) 29 Oct. 1825, Marianne, da. of Richard Caton, merchant, of Baltimore, U.S.A., wid. of Robert Patterson, s.p. suc. fa. 22 May 1781; K.P. 5 Feb. 1783; took name of Wellesley 1789; cr. Baron Wellesley [GB] 20 Oct. 1797; Marquess Wellesley [I] 2 Dec. 1799; K.G. 3 Mar. 1810.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1780 – 81.
Custos rot. co. Meath 1781 – d.; P.C. [I] 24 Feb. 1784; ld. of Treasury Sept. 1786 – Aug. 1797; P.C. [GB] 21 June 1793; commr. for Indian affairs June 1793 – Nov. 1797; gov. Madras May 1797 (did not take office); gov.-gen. Bengal Oct. 1797 – Jan. 1805, c.-in-c. 1800 – 05; ambassador to Spain July – Dec. 1809; foreign sec. 1809 – 12; ld. lt. [I] 1821 – 28, 1833 – 34; ld. steward 1830 – 33; ld. chamberlain Apr.-May 1835.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Dangan Castle, co. Meath.
Wesley
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Commons 1754-1790
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WELLESLEY (formerly WESLEY ), Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] (1760-1842)
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Oxford 1644
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