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Vor 2 Tagen · Wellesley was born the son of Anne, Countess of Mornington, and Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington. His father was himself the son of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington , and had a short career in politics representing the constituency of Trim in the Irish House of Commons before succeeding his father as Baron Mornington in 1758.
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Vor 4 Tagen · The King and Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, will attend the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings.
Vor 4 Tagen · Opposite Harrington Square (on the Bedford Estate) was built Mornington Crescent, named after Richard Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, Governor-General of India and eldest brother of the Duke of Wellington. The crescent appears first in the rate books in 1821, with one entry and a note by the collector to "leave room for 30 ...
Vor 5 Tagen · An extraordinary and never-seen-before photograph of the late Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent with their newborn babies has gone on display for the...
Vor 5 Tagen · The Duke and Duchess presented an unusual double horseshoe which in due course will join others displayed on the walls presented by past Monarchs and members of the Royal Family, including the late Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II in 1967 and King Charles III (when he was Prince of Wales) in 2003.
Vor 3 Tagen · Gerald Valerian Wellesley, 1805-32, a prime mover in the building of the new St Luke's and fourth son of the earl of Mornington (d. 1781), was younger brother of the first duke of Wellington and married to a daughter of Earl Cadogan (d. 1807); he was a canon of St Paul's, and later of Durham, and a royal chaplain.
Vor einem Tag · The Duke of Wellington, also known as Arthur Wellesley, is one of the most prominent figures in British history. Born in 1769, he rose to fame as a military leader and later became a successful politician. His most notable achievement was his victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which marked the end of […]
