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Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley, governor-general of India, was born at Dangan Castle on 20 June 1760. He was the eldest of the six sons of Garrett Wellesley, first viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle and earl of Mornington in the county of Meath. His mother was Anne, eldest daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, first viscount Dungannon. Henry Wellesley, baron Cowley, Arthur Wellesley ...
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley.
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, British colonial administrator, was brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He became earl of Mornington on his father's death (1781) and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords. He entered the English House of Commons in 1784 and gave his support to William Pitt, who in 1793 appointed him to the board of control for India. In ...
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley.
Shee did also paint Queen Victoria in 1842 (Royal Academy). Richard Colley Wellesley was born in Ireland in 1760 and was the elder brother of Arthur Wellesley, later 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). A politician who held positions in the House of Commons in both Ireland and Britain, Lord Wellesley served as Governor-General of India and Lord ...
Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of Wellington Brother of the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley played a vital role in the consolidation of British rule in India during the Regency. In 1793 he became a commissioner of the Board of Control for India, and in 1797 was appointed Governor-General. Wellesley pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, partly in order to ...
Sir Richard Colley-Wesley, später Wellesley, 1. Marquess Wellesley (* 20. Juni 1760 in Dangan Castle, County Meath, Irland; † 26. September 1842 in Kingston House bei Brompton) war ein britischer Staatsmann. Er war zweimal
