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Garret Colley Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (19 July 1735 – 22 May 1781) was an Anglo-Irish politician and composer, as well as the father of several distinguished military commanders and politicians of Great Britain and Ireland.
Geoghegan, Patrick M. Wesley, Garrett (1735–81), amateur musician, politician, and 1st earl of Mornington , was born 19 July 1735, probably at Dangan Castle, Co. Meath, the only surviving son of Richard Wesley (originally Colley), later 1st Baron Mornington, and Elizabeth Wesley (née Sale).
Garrett Colley Wellesley Mornington (19 July 1735 — 22 May 1781) Alternative Names/Transliterations: Lord Mornington; Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (2nd Baron Mornington); Earl Mornington; Garret Wellesley; Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle, Meath; Garret Colley Wesley
Excelled in composing glees. Wrote church mus., incl. fine setting of the Burial Service, and an unpublished cantata, Caractacus. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Mornington, Garret Colley Wesley, 1st Earl of (b Dangan, Co. Meath, 1735; d Kensington, 1781).
Aliases: Garret Wellesley; Garrett Wellesley; Garret Wesley; Garrett Wesley – Titles include First Viscount Wellesley of Dangan, Second Baron Mornington, and the First Earl of Mornington (created in 1760). Lord Mornington is the favoured appellation in the glee collections in which he appears, and also in B.U.C.E.M.
History. The first earl was the eldest son of Richard Wesley, the first Baron Mornington. Richard Wesley, born Richard Colley, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Mornington, of Mornington, in 1746. [1] . He had inherited the Dangan and Mornington estates in County Meath on the death of his first cousin Garret Wesley in 1728.
Mornington, Garret Wesley, First Earl of. views 3,868,335 updated. Mornington, Garret Wesley, First Earl of, Irish composer; b. Dublin, July 19, 1735; d. Kensington, May 22, 1781. His son was the Duke of Wellington.
