"Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow the rebuilding of London Bridge. While sitting for a later portrait by Charles Robert Leslie, Wellington recalled that Chantrey had told him he had a"
"estates of his cousin Garret Wesley. He was the grandfather of the 1st Duke of Wellington. Later generations changed the spelling of the family name to Wellesley, on the basis of their descent from the fifteenth century heiress Alison de Wellesley, who was the mother of Sir Thomas Cusack, (died 1571), Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Henry Colley (died 1723) Henry Colley (circa 1685 – 1723/10 February 1724) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was an indirect ancestor of the Duke of Wellington. Colley was the son of Henry Colley (died 1700) and Mary, daughter of Sir William Ussher. Colley"
"Wellington the title of Duke of Wellington. Wellington was a military commander who gained great fame fighting Napoleon and eventually became Prime Minister twice. George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, was instrumental in the Highland Clearances. William IV created him Duke of Sutherland on 28 January 1833. Hugh Grosvenor was one of the richest men in the Empire and already the Marquess of Westminster. In 1874 he was made a Duke. His descendant, the 6th Duke, was the richest man in Britain for many years. In 1876, the title Duke of Gordon was created. This was so that Charles"
"the Duke of Wellington, Conservative Leader in the Lords). Alfred studied violin at Holyrood, Edinburgh, where his accompanist was Hungarian expatriate George Lichtenstein. Alfred remained second in line to the British throne from his birth until 8 January 1864, when his older brother Edward and his wife Alexandra of Denmark had their first son, Prince Albert Victor. Any legitimate children of his older brother took priority in the succession list. Alfred became third in line to the throne and as Edward and Alexandra continued to have children, Alfred was further demoted in the order of succession. In 1856, at the"
"effigy states that he and Maud had thirteen children, of whom three seem to have predeceased him. Of his sixteen children, eight can be identified with certainty: From Catherine Cusack descended the Colley family who acquired the title Earl of Mornington. They changed their name to Wellesley (they had Wellesley blood through Thomas Cusack's mother Alison, and there had been several later Cusack-Wellesley marriages) and produced among numerous other descendants the 1st Duke of Wellington. Despite his somewhat troubled private life, his willingness to acquire monastic lands and his use of bribery to gain office, Thomas Cusack is generally judged"
"1st Duke of Wellington from 1819 on. He retired in 1823 after 46 years' service and died at the age of 77, his will being proved in London on 4 October 1839. His widow went to live with her daughter Mary and died at the age of 73. In 1793 at the church of St Margaret, Westminster, he married Mary Sophia (1775–1848), daughter of John Foreman and his wife Jane Gordon. They had two daughters : Robert Hawgood Crew Robert Hawgood Crew (23 August 1762 – 16 September 1839) was an English civil servant who served as Secretary to the"
"Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978), also known as simply Arthur Mornington, is the elder son of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington. Since 2014, following the succession of his father as Duke of Wellington, he is entitled to the courtesy title of Marquess of Douro but continues to use the title Earl of Mornington. The Wellesleys are an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. Through his mother, Antonia von Preussen, Duchess of Wellington, he is a great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a descendant of Queen Victoria, he is eligible to succeed to"
"Wellesley, the surname which the Colleys adopted in the eighteenth century. 11th Great Grandparents to Princes Diana (Spencer)Windsor. After Henry's death she remarried William Eustace and died in 1598. She and Henry had eight children: m. (1) Robert Talbot abt 1603 in Dublin d. 9-22-1615, Son of: John & unknown wife Talbot of Templeogue, Dublin in this web site: Henry Colley (died 1584) Sir Henry Colley, or Cowley (died 1584) was an Irish soldier and landowner. He is chiefly remembered today as an ancestor of the 1st Duke of Wellington. 11th Great Grandparents of Princess Dianna (Spencer) Windsor & 12th"
"associate himself with the Duke of Wellington in his form of dress. Patrick Brontë (17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861), was born in Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, of a family of farm workers of moderate means. His birth name was Patrick Prunty or Brunty. His mother Alice McClory, was of the Roman Catholic faith, whilst his father Hugh was a Protestant, and Patrick was brought up in his father's faith. He was a bright young man and, after being taught by the Rev. Thomas Tighe, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied divinity and"
"used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the Marquess of Douro, himself the heir apparent to the Duke of Wellington. As of 2015 the title is held by courtesy by Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, son of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro and grandson of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington. The Wesley or Wellesley family descended from Sir Richard de Wellesley (15th century). His grandson Sir William Wellesley (died 1602) lived at Dangan Castle, County Meath. The family estates passed down the male lines. One of Wellesley's daughters, Alison, married John Cusack. Their son Sir Thomas"
"known by this moniker between 1943 and 1972, when he became 8th Duke upon the death of his father. Wellington attended Eton before going up to New College, Oxford. Wellington was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Territorial Army in 1936, and was commissioned with the same rank (on probation) in the British Army Reserve in 1939. In 1940, he was given a full commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment, with the service number 68268. He served in the Second World War with the 1st Household Cavalry Regiment in the Middle East and Italy, during"
"of the first Duke of Wellington's adversary, Napoleon Bonaparte. Currently, Mornington is a partner of private equity investor Oakley Capital since 2016. In 2005 he married the makeup artist and fashion model Jemma Kidd, a great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook. Lord and Lady Mornington have twins and a younger son: Mornington is the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Wellington (United Kingdom) and to the titles Prince of Waterloo (Netherlands), Duke of Victoria (Portugal), and Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain). The British Peerage and the first two foreign titles can only be inherited in the male line, while the Spanish one"
"also can devolve upon the holder's daughters. Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978), also known as simply Arthur Mornington, is the elder son of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington. Since 2014, following the succession of his father as Duke of Wellington, he is entitled to the courtesy title of Marquess of Douro but continues to use the title Earl of Mornington. The Wellesleys are an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. Through his mother, Antonia von Preussen, Duchess of Wellington, he is a great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a descendant of Queen"
"the same year he was granted by Royal licence the new surname of Wesley (see below for earlier history of the family). His son, the second Baron, was made the first Earl of Mornington in 1760, and at the same time also became Viscount Wellesley, of Dangan Castle in the County of Meath, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Four of the first earl's sons gained distinction. The third son was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 (see Duke of Wellington), while the fifth was the diplomat Henry Wellesley,"
"Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly ""Bendor"") (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. From his childhood and during his adult life he was known within family circles as ""Bendor"", which was also the name of the racehorse Bend Or owned by his grandfather the first Duke, which won The"
"Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (30 July 1889 – 11 July 1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, was an English socialite, author, poet, and literary editor. She was born Dorothy Violet Ashton at White Waltham. She was the daughter of Col. Robert Ashton of Croughton, Cheshire (himself a second cousin of the 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde), descended from wealthy cotton manufacturers, and his wife (Lucy) Cecilia Dunn-Gardner (later Countess of Scarbrough), and stepdaughter of the 10th Earl of Scarbrough. As Dorothy Wellesley, the name she took after her marriage to"
"of the Battle of Waterloo, and seven months before his 100th birthday. Wellington was twice engaged to Lady Rose Paget, the daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, who eventually married the Hon. John Francis McLaren. On 28 January 1944 he married Diana Ruth McConnel (1922–2010), only daughter of Major-General Douglas McConnel CB, CBE, of Knockdolian, Colmonell, Ayr, at St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem. With Diana, he had five children: Apart from his British titles, Wellington held the hereditary titles of 8th Prince of Waterloo (""Prins van Waterloo"") of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Duke of the Victory"
"judge Robert Cowley or Colley who came to Ireland about 1505-06. Robert was almost certainly born in Glaston, where the Colley family were Lords of the Manor from about 1400. Richard Colley ( – 1758), the grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, changed his surname to Wesley in 1728 when he inherited estates on the death of his cousin, Garret Wesley but was suppose to add the last name of Wellesley not Wesley as Garrets father was Garret Wellesley so Richard could carry on the Wellesley Coat of Arms to get the inheritance, this is why the Duke"
"Duke of Wellington, aged just 33. A keen bowls player, he had only been there about 3 years and upon his death, his wife Mrs Rockingham then took on the licence[1]. Earlier, in 1910,[2], the Landlord of The Duke of Wellington was recorded as Walter E. Parcel, his wife Mrs Parcel being the landlady and Fanny Kersley being the barmaid. Prior to that, in September 1903, the Duke of Wellington was sold at auction[1] (at the Tontine Hotel, Ironbridge with Barber & Sons as the auctioneers) to the Lichfield Brewery Company for £1,050, plus an extra £40 5s for fixtures."
"Prince of Waterloo Prince of Waterloo (Dutch: ""Prins van Waterloo"") is a title in the Dutch and Belgian nobility, held by the Duke of Wellington. The title was created by King William I of the Netherlands for Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as a victory title in recognition of defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Duke of Wellington and all his descendants along male line belong to Dutch and Belgian nobility, in which all the descendant dukes carry the title of ""Prince of Waterloo"" with the style ""Serene Highness"" (). The rest of"
"Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (14 January 1922 – 1 November 2010), was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II. Born Diana Ruth McConnel in Woolwich, she was the only daughter of Major-General Douglas McConnel, an instructor at the Royal Military Academy, and his wife, Ruth Mary (""née"" Garnett-Botfield). Her only brother died soon after birth, and she had no other siblings. She resolved not to marry a military man after living apart from her father, though she did live happily with her parents"
"and two daughters: Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington Richard Colley Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington ( – 31 January 1758) was an Irish peer, best remembered as the grandfather of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Richard Colley (as he was christened), was born around 1690, the son of Henry Colley (died 1700) and Mary, daughter of Sir William Ussher. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a BA in 1711 and an MA in 1714 and an N.F.P. on 6 July 1740 as Richard Colley. In the intervening year he held the office of Chamberlain of the Court of Exchequer"
"direct ancestor of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington. Richard changed the family name to Wesley, and was the grandfather of the 1st Duke of Wellington. Historians have little good to say of Walter Cowley: he and his father have been described as ""ambitious mischief-makers"". He should not perhaps be blamed for the abject tone of his letter to Henry VIII from the Tower of London pleading for mercy, since he may well have feared for his life at the time he wrote it. On the other hand, his intrigues against Barnewall and Bathe show him in an unattractive light. Walter"
"her father-in-law ceded the title to his son (something common enough with Spanish titles, although unheard of in Britain). Her husband in turn ceded the dukedom to their son Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, in 2010. In 2007 the Duchess was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Community of Hampshire. Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (14 January 1922 – 1 November 2010), was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II. Born Diana Ruth McConnel in"
"Robert Ashton. He had one younger sister, the socialite Lady Elizabeth Clyde, whose son is the actor and musician Jeremy Clyde. At the time of Wellington's birth, his father Gerald was the third son of the 4th Duke of Wellington, with little prospect of succeeding to the family's estates and titles. Wellington was 28 when his first cousin Henry, the 6th Duke, died suddenly in action aged 31 while serving in Italy during the second world war. Wellington's father then became the 7th Duke, and Wellington himself came to be known by the courtesy title ""Marquess of Douro."" He was"
"aged 50 in 1858. When his older brother, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, died in 1884 with no heirs, Lord Charles's second child, Henry Wellesley (as the oldest surviving son) inherited his uncle's dukedom as Duke of Wellington. When Henry also died childless in 1900, the peerage passed to Lord Charles’ second son Arthur Wellesley, Henry's brother. Lord Charles Wellesley Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – 9 October 1858) was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Catherine Pakenham. He was educated at Eton College."
"Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (née Pakenham; 14 January 1773 – 24 April 1831) was the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She was commonly known before her marriage as Kitty Pakenham. The daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and the former Catherine Rowley, she was born Catherine Pakenham on 14 January 1773 in Dublin, Ireland. She became ""The Honourable Catherine Pakenham"" when her father succeeded as the 2nd Baron Longford in 1776. She had met Wellesley in Ireland when they were both young, and Wellesley, after numerous visits to"
"They had eight children (five boys and three girls). Alexander Wolff (soldier) Lt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff (1788–1863) was a British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington. Lt. Col. Alexander Joseph Wolff was born in Baden, Austria in 1788. His father, an army officer, was killed at the ""Battle of Lake Constance"" around the year 1800. He became an orphan but was fortunate to be adopted by a British Army Officer. As a result, he served in the British Army under the Duke of Wellington. In 1801 he entered the British Army at 13 years old where he"
"and baptised at St George's, Hanover Square, on 19 July, the son of William Wesley and his wife Katherine-Elizabeth Forbes. The Wesley family changed their surname to the more archaic 'Wellesley' in the early 1790s. He was a nephew of the future Duke of Wellington. His first marriage was on 14 March 1812 to Catherine Tylney-Long, known in fashionable London society as ""The Wiltshire Heiress"", and believed to be the richest commoner in England. Two months before the ceremony William Wellesley-Pole assumed the additional surnames of Tylney-Long, changing his name by Royal Licence. During this period, William enjoyed a political"
"William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (20 May 1763 – 22 February 1845), known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. His surname changed twice: he was born with the name Wesley, which he changed to Wesley-Pole following an inheritance in 1781. In 1789 the spelling was updated to Wellesley-Pole, just as other members of the family had changed Wesley to Wellesley. He was born as William Wesley, at Dangan Castle, the second son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington"
"Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (""née"" Hay; 27 September 1820 – 13 August 1904) was a daughter of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. Her husband, Lord Douro, succeeded his father as Duke of Wellington in 1852. She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1861 to 1868, and again from 1874 to 1880. Lady Elizabeth Hay was born a daughter of George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. One of her brothers was the ornithologist Viscount Walden, and another the Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay. On 18 April 1839 she was"
"Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (""née"" Hay; 27 September 1820 – 13 August 1904) was a daughter of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. Her husband, Lord Douro, succeeded his father as Duke of Wellington in 1852. She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1861 to 1868, and again from 1874 to 1880. Lady Elizabeth Hay was born a daughter of George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. One of her brothers was the ornithologist Viscount Walden, and another the Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay. On 18 April 1839 she was"
"and held on to it until 1880. He succeeded his uncle as Duke of Wellington on 13 August 1884. Subsequently, his sisters Victoria and Mary were granted the rank of daughters of a Duke. He was appointed honorary colonel of the Hampshire Artillery 22 November 1884, and the 6th West York Militia on 10 April 1886. He held both honours until his death. He was special ambassador to Spain for the funeral of Alfonso XII in 1885, and chairman of the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity. Wellington died at the family home of Strathfield Saye in 1900 and was"