Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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| In office 13 August 1884 – 8 June 1900 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Duke of Wellington |
| Succeeded by | The 4th Duke of Wellington |
| Member of Parliament for Andover | |
| In office 31 January 1874 – 24 March 1880 | |
| Preceded by | Hon. Dudley Fortescue |
| Succeeded by | Francis Buxton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1846 Apsley House, London |
| Died | 8 June 1900 (aged 54) Stratfield Saye, Hampshire |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Evelyn Williams (m. 1882) |
| Parent(s) | Lord Charles Wellesley Lady Augusta Pierrepont |
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington (5 April 1846 – 8 June 1900) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
Early life
He was a son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington. He was born with no title but inherited the dukedom when in 1884 his uncle died childless.
Between 1859 and 1865 he attended Eton.
Career
He joined the 2nd Battalion,
He succeeded his uncle as
Personal life
On 7 March 1882, Wellesley married Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams (1855–1939), a daughter of Thomas Peers Williams, MP for Great Harlow, and sister of Owen Williams, MP, Hwfa Williams, and Edith Peers-William (wife of the 7th Earl of Aylesford) among others.[1]
Wellington died at the family home of Strathfield Saye in 1900 and was buried there. As Evelyn and Henry had no issue, he was succeeded by his brother, Arthur Charles. His widow, who remarried to a Wellesley cousin Hon. Frederick Arthur Wellesley (son of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley), died on 11 March 1939.[2]
In popular culture
In her memoirs, Lady Angela Forbes comments that "The Duke was the fattest man I have ever seen, and went by the nickname of "Spurgeon".[3]
References
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. pp. 706–707.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 936.
- ^ Lady Angela Forbes, Memories and Base Details (1921), p. 96
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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