Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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In office 14 September 1852 – 13 August 1884 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Duke of Wellington |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Duke of Wellington |
Member of Parliament for Norwich | |
In office 24 July 1837 – 7 July 1852 | |
Preceded by | William Murray |
Succeeded by | Edward Warner |
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh | |
In office May 1829 – 8 December 1832 | |
Preceded by | Wyndham Lewis |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Harley Street, Soho, London, England | 3 February 1807
Died | 13 August 1884 Brighton Railway Station, Brighton, Sussex | (aged 77)
Spouse(s) | Lady Elizabeth Hay (1820–1904) |
Parent(s) | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hon. Catherine Pakenham |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge |
Background and education
Wellesley was born at Harley Street, Marylebone, London, the eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and the Honourable Catherine Sarah Dorothea "Kitty" Pakenham, daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. Lord Charles Wellesley was his younger brother and Lord Wellesley, Lord Mornington and Lord Cowley his uncles. He was educated at Temple Grove School, Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He became known by the courtesy title Lord Douro when his father was created Earl of Wellington in 1812 and as Marquess of Douro in 1814 after his father was elevated to a dukedom.
Military career
Lord Douro became an
Political career
Lord Douro was elected to parliament for the
In 1863, Wellington inherited the
Family and personal legacy
Wellington married
He owned 19,000 acres of these 15,000 acres in Hampshire.[19]
In literature
The Brontë family portrayed the first Duke of Wellington and his two sons in their imaginary games about the colonisation of Africa. They wrote many stories about Arthur, with Charlotte assuming the character of Charles as the "author" of these stories. As Charlotte and Branwell moved into their teenage years and used Lord Byron's writings as inspiration, they focused on Arthur as a romantic, heroic figure. He was known to them as the Duke of Zamorna, and later as Emperor Adrian of Angria. Elements of his character formed the basis for Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre.[20][21][22][23]
Thomas Raikes ("the Younger"), a British merchant banker, dandy and diarist, was a close childhood friend, travelling and gambling companion of Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington. His journals Two volumes of Private Correspondence with the 2nd Duke of Wellington and other Distinguished Contemporaries were published in 1861.[citation needed]
Styles
- 3 February 1807 – 26 August 1809: Arthur Richard Wellesley, Esq.
- 26 August 1809 – 28 February 1812: Hon. Arthur Richard Wellesley, Esq.
- 28 February 1812 – 3 May 1814: Lord Douro
- 3 May 1814 – 14 September 1852: Marquess of Douro
- 14 September 1852 – 7 February 1853: His Grace The Duke of Wellington
- 7 February 1853 – 25 March 1858: His Grace The Duke of Wellington PC
- 25 March 1858 – 13 August 1884: His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG, PC
References
- ^ "Wellesley, Arthur Richard, Marquess of Douro (WLSY825AR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 17911". The London Gazette. 5 April 1823. p. 540.
- ^ "No. 18147". The London Gazette. 18 June 1825. p. 1071.
- ^ "No. 18147". The London Gazette. 18 June 1825. p. 1068.
- ^ "No. 18381". The London Gazette. 24 July 1827. p. 1589.
- ^ "No. 18493". The London Gazette. 5 August 1828. p. 1494.
- ^ "No. 18832". The London Gazette. 2 August 1831. p. 1562.
- ^ "No. 19181". The London Gazette. 12 August 1834. p. 1480.
- ^ "No. 20660". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 10 November 1846. p. 3990.
- ^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1933.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
- ^ "No. 21409". The London Gazette. 8 February 1853. p. 330.
- ^ "No. 21404". The London Gazette. 21 January 1853. p. 163.
- ^ "No. 22118". The London Gazette. 26 March 1858. p. 1575.
- Longford, Elizabeth. Wellington-Elder Statesman. Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1972.
- ^ Longford op.cit.
- ^ a b https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ Elizabeth Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Brontë. Smith & Elder, 1857. Entire text online at Gutenberg.
- ^ Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford, Legends of Angria. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1933.
- ^ Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford, The Brontës' Web of Childhood. Columbia University Press, 1941.
- ^ Charlotte and Branwell Brontë, Miscellaneous and Unpublished Writings. Shakespeare Head edition, 1932.