House of Wellesley

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The House of Wellesley is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble family best known for producing Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, a leading British military commander and statesman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish noble family
noble family
associatedWithOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
associatedWithTerritory County Meath NERFINISHED
Dangan Castle NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsUsedBy House of Wellesley NERFINISHED
connectedToEvent Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Irish
familyNameInUseSinceCentury 18th century
familyNameVariant Wesley NERFINISHED
hasCadetBranch Wellesley-Pole family NERFINISHED
hasNotableDiplomaticRoleThroughMember Governor-General of India NERFINISHED
hasPatrilinealSurname Wellesley NERFINISHED
hereditaryTitle Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED
Earl of Mornington NERFINISHED
Marquess Wellesley NERFINISHED
historicalEraOfProminence 18th century
19th century
languageOfFamilyName English
memberOfSocialClass aristocracy
landed gentry
nobleRank peerage of Ireland
peerage of the United Kingdom
notableFor military leadership through Arthur Wellesley
political influence in the United Kingdom
producing Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
notableMember Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington NERFINISHED
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley NERFINISHED
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington NERFINISHED
notableTitleHeld Baron Mornington NERFINISHED
Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED
Earl of Mornington NERFINISHED
Marquess Wellesley NERFINISHED
originOfSurnameVariant anglicisation of Wesley
politicalAlignmentHistorical British establishment
producedGovernorGeneralOfIndia Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley NERFINISHED
producedOfficeHolder Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED
regionOfInfluence British Empire NERFINISHED
British Isles NERFINISHED
religionTraditionally Anglicanism
seatHistorically Dangan Castle NERFINISHED
Mornington, County Meath NERFINISHED

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Wellesley usedByDynastyOrHouse House of Wellesley
Baron Maryborough historicalAssociation House of Wellesley