Person Wellesley; Arthur (1769 - 1852); 1st Duke of Wellington Wellesley Arthur 1769 - 1852 British Male 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, Ireland 29 April 1769 Walmer Castle, Kent 14 September 1852 Burial: Beside Lord Nelson, St Paul's Cathedral, London

Education: Eton; Brussels; Angers Military Academy Career: Entered the British Army; Lieutenant of Foot (1787); Lieutenant Colonel (1793-1806); commanded the 33rd Foot in India (1797-1804); Colonel (1806-1813); MP for Rye; Irish Secretary (1807); Lieutenant General (1808); Commander in Chief, Peninsular War (1809); Field Marshal (1813); received a grant of £400,000 from Parliament (1814); commanded British troops at Waterloo (1815); Commander in Chief, joint army of occupation, France; returned to England (1818); Master General of the Ordnance; Prime Minister (1828-1830 and 1834); organised the army against the Chartists, London (1848); buried in state Honours: KB 1804; Baron & Viscount Wellington 1809; Earl 1812; Marquess 1812; KG 1813; Duke 1814 Memberships: Athenaeum (Founder member 1824) Son of Garret, 1st Earl of Mornington and his wife Anne, daughter of Arthur Hill, 1st Viscount Dungannon; married (10 April 1806) Catherine Sarah Dorothea, daughter of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford Fellow 25/11/1847 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: Date of birth given by his mother as 01 May 1769 and by his nurse as 06 March 1769 at Dangan Castle, County Meath; May edition of 'Exshaw's Gentleman's Magazine' gives 29 April 1769. Christened at St Peter's Church, Dublin, 30 April 1769 (church Registry). The Dublin Gazette (24 May 1769) gives birthplace as Merrion Street. References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Apr 1769 - 14 Sep 1852 NA6604 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 9b0af195-571d-40b8-be07-cbafa4481493