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Gerald Wellesley heiratete am 30. April 1914 die Dichterin Dorothy Violet Ashton (1889–1956), die Tochter von Robert Ashton (1848–1898). Ab 1922 lebten sie getrennt, die Ehe wurde aber nicht geschieden. Gerald und Dorothy hatten zwei Kinder: Arthur Wellesley, 8. Duke of Wellington (später 8. Duke of Wellington) (1915–2014)
Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (30 July 1889 - 11 July 1956)[1], styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, was an English poet, socialite, , and literary editor. She was born Dorothy Violet Ashton at Maidenhead, the daughter of Robert Ashton of Croughton, Cheshire (himself a 2nd cousin of the 1st baron Ashton of Hyde) descended from wealthy cotton manufacturers, and ...
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In 2023, she published Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit: A Life of Dorothy Wellesley, a biography of her paternal grandmother, Dorothy, Duchess of Wellington. Bibliography. Wellington: A Journey Through My Family. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. Hardcover: ISBN 9780297852315; Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit: A Life of Dorothy Wellesley.
Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The name derived from Wellington in Somerset. The title was created in 1814 for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (1769–1852; born as The Hon. Arthur Wesley), the Anglo-Irish military commander who is best known for leading the decisive victory with Field Marshal von Blücher over Napoleon's forces at Waterloo in ...
Wellesley, Dorothy (Violet), Duchess of Wellington (1889–1956) Source: The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry Author(s): Mark WormaldMark Wormald. Born in Berkshire. Her father died young; her mother married the Earl of Scarborough in 1899, thus introducing Dorothy ...
Wellesley, Dorothy (Violet), Duchess of Wellington (1889 –1956) in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English Length: 252 words Wellesley, Dorothy (1889–1956)
