House of Wellesley

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The House of Wellesley is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble family best known for producing Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, a leading British military commander and statesman.

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House of Wellesley canonical 8
Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish noble family
noble family
associatedWithOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
associatedWithTerritory County Meath
Dangan Castle
Ireland
United Kingdom
coatOfArmsUsedBy House of Wellesley
connectedToEvent Battle of Waterloo
Napoleonic Wars
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Ireland
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Irish
familyNameInUseSinceCentury 18th century
familyNameVariant Wesley
hasCadetBranch Wellesley-Pole family
linked to: Wellesley family
hasNotableDiplomaticRoleThroughMember Governor-General of India
linked to: Viceroy of India
hasPatrilinealSurname Wellesley
hereditaryTitle Duke of Wellington
Earl of Mornington
Marquess Wellesley
historicalEraOfProminence 18th century
19th century
languageOfFamilyName English
memberOfSocialClass aristocracy
landed gentry
nobleRank peerage of Ireland
peerage of the United Kingdom
notableFor military leadership through Arthur Wellesley
political influence in the United Kingdom
producing Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
notableMember Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
linked to: Lord Wellesley

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
notableTitleHeld Baron Mornington
Duke of Wellington
Earl of Mornington
Marquess Wellesley
originOfSurnameVariant anglicisation of Wesley
politicalAlignmentHistorical British establishment
producedGovernorGeneralOfIndia Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
linked to: Lord Wellesley
producedOfficeHolder Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
regionOfInfluence British Empire
British Isles
religionTraditionally Anglicanism
seatHistorically Dangan Castle
Mornington, County Meath

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wellesley usedByDynastyOrHouse House of Wellesley
Baron Maryborough historicalAssociation House of Wellesley
Prins van Waterloo hereditaryInFamily House of Wellesley
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Earl of Mornington house House of Wellesley
House of Wellesley coatOfArmsUsedBy House of Wellesley
Marquis of Douro nobleHouse House of Wellesley
Baron Mornington dynasticHouse House of Wellesley
Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo linkedDynasty House of Wellesley
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington familyName Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley
linked to: House of Wellesley