Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858, he was made a Knight of the Garter.

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Lieutenant-General His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG PC
The Duke of Wellington, c. 1870
Master of the Horse
In office 21 January 1853 – 21 February 1858
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	The Earl of Jersey
Succeeded by	The Duke of Beaufort
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
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	(1807-02-03)3 February 1807 Harley Street, Soho, London, England
Died	13 August 1884(1884-08-13) (aged 77) Brighton Railway Station, Brighton, Sussex
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

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