Charles Wellesley (1808 - 1858)

Born 16 Jan 1808 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Died 9 Oct 1858 at age 50 in Apsley House, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley was born on 16 January 1808. He was the son of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Hon. Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham. He married Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont, daughter of Rt. Hon. Henry Manvers Pierrepont and Lady Sophia Cecil, on 9 July 1844. He died on 9 October 1858 at age 50.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for South Hampshire in 1847. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Windsor in 1852.3 He held the office of Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to HM Queen Victoria.^[1]

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 married Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont, daughter of The Hon. Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844. Wellesley represented the Conservative Party as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Hampshire from 1842 to 1852, and the MP for Windsor from 1852 to 1855. He was also a Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshall to Queen Victoria. His older brother, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, died in 1884 with no heirs and Lord Charles's eldest surviving son, Henry Wellesley, inherited his uncle's dukedom. Lord Charles's second son succeeded his childless brother as Duke of Wellington in 1900.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Peerage
2. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Lord Charles Wellesley

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