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Richard Wellesley was born June 20, 1760, at Dangan Castle, Ireland, the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Mornington. He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. On his father's death in 1781, he inherited the title and seat in the Irish House of Lords. Three years later he entered the English House of Commons, and in 1786 he was made a ...
Wellesley was a member of the Board of Control for India from 1793, and in 1797 was appointed as Governor-General of Bengal. In 1799 he was created Marquess Wellesley in the Irish peerage. He remained in India until 1805, and extended British control through various wars against Indian rulers. In 1809 he went to Spain as an ambassador ...
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, (born June 20, 1760, Dangan, County Meath, Ire.—died Sept. 26, 1842, London, Eng.), British statesman. He inherited his father’s Irish title as earl of Mornington and sat in the Irish House of Lords from 1781. He served in the British House of Commons (1784–97). As governor of Madras and ...
When Captain Lord Richard Wellesley was born on 30 September 1879, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Arthur Charles Wellesley 4th Duke of Wellington, was 30 and his mother, Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams, was 30. He married Louise Nesta Pamela Fitzgerald on 30 April 1908, in London, England, United Kingdom.
Lord Richard Wellesley was the son of Col Arthur Charles the 4th Duke of Wellington, born on 30 Sep 1879.'. He had served in the Boer War, and on 30 Apr 1908 married Louise Fitzgerald . They had two daughters. He was killed near the village of Gheluvelt on 29 Oct 1914.'. The 1st grenadier Guards were in 20th Brigade, 7th Division.
11 de ene. de 2007 · The Wellesley papers : the life and correspondence of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, 1760-1842, Governor-General of India, 1797-1805, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1809-1812, and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1821-1827, 1833-1834 Bookreader Item Preview
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 ...
