Hyacinthe Gabrielle (Roland) Wellesley (1766 - 1816)

Born 1766 in Paris, France

Wife of Richard Wellesley KG, PC — married 29 Nov 1794 (to 7 Nov 1816) in St Georges, Hanover Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1816 at about age 50 in Penkridge, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

3 x great-grandmother to Queen Elizabeth II.

Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland was born in 1766 at Paris, France, the daughter of a Mr Fagan and Hyacinthe Gabrielle Varis. A dancer at the Palais Royale, she met and had a long term affair with Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley of Norragh, finally marrying on 29 November 1794 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London. She died on 5 or 7 November 1816^[1] at Mr. Littleton's House, Teddesley, and was buried on 14 November 1816 at Penkridge, Staffordshire, England.

Parentage

Daughter of Hyacinthe Varis and the Chevalier Fagan; her guardian was a Mr Roland.^[2] Other sources give her father as Pierre Roland.^[3]

Sources

• Thepeerage.com The Peerage

1. ↑ "Hyacinth Gabrielle Wellesley", Find A Grave, accessed 2017-07-30: "Birth: unknown, France. Death: Nov. 5, 1816, Staffordshire, England. Burial: St Michael & All Angels, Penkridge, Staffordshire, England"
2. ↑ John Kenneth Severn, Architects of Empire: The Duke of Wellington and His Brothers, University of Oklahoma Press 2007, ISBN 0806138106, Google Books 2017-12-14
3. ↑ Robert Rouiere Pearce, Memoirs and Correspondence of the Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley...: Comprising Numerous Letters and Documents, Now First Published from Original Mss, Volume 1, R. Bentley, 1846, Google Books 2017-12-14, chap. 5 p. 127.

Acknowledgements

• Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Janice and others.

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