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WELLESLEY, Richard (1787-1831).
Family and Education
b. 22 Apr. 1787, 1st illegit. s. of Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Mq. Wellesley, by Hyacinthe Gabrielle, adopted da. of Pierre Roland, banker, of ParisHer real father was the Chevalier Fagan: Iris Butler, The eldest Brother, 50. (whom he m. 1794, s.p. legit.). educ. Mr Roberts’s sch. Mitcham; Eton 1800; Christ Church, Oxf. 1805; L. Inn 1808. m. 1821, Jane Eliza, da. of George Chambers of Hartford, Hunts., 4s. 1da.
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Ld. of Treasury Jan. – June 1812; commr. of stamp duties 1826 – d.
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Commons 1790-1820
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WELLESLEY, Richard (1787-1831)
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WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] (1760-1842), of Dangan Castle, co. Meath.
Family and Education
b. 20 June 1760, 1st s. of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington [I], and bro. of Sir Arthur Wellesley, Hon. Henry Wellesley and Hon. William Wellesley Pole. educ. Portarlington 1765;Ibid. 29. Harrow 1770-1; Eton 1771-8; Christ Church, Oxf. 1778-81. m. (1) 29 Nov. 1794, Hyacinthe Gabrielle (d. 7 Nov. 1816), illegit. da. of Christopher Fagan, chevalier in the French service,According to ibid. 50, correcting previous accounts, whereby she was assumed to have been da. of Pierre Roland, banker, of Paris. 3s. 2da. bef. marriage, (2) 29 Oct. 1825, Marianne, da. of Richard Caton, merchant, of Baltimore, USA, wid. of Robert Patterson, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] 22 May 1781; KP 5 Feb. 1783; took name of Wellesley 1789; cr. Baron Wellesley [GB] 20 Oct. 1797; Mq. Wellesley [I] 2 Dec. 1799; KG 3 Mar. 1810.
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MP [I] 1780 – 81.
PC [I] 24 Feb. 1784; ld. of Treasury Sept. 1786 – Aug. 1797; PC [GB] 21 June 1793; commr. Board of Control June 1793 – Nov. 1797; gov. Madras May 1797 (did not take office); gov.-gen. Bengal Oct. 1797 – Jan. 1805, c.-in-c. 1800 – 05; chief remembrancer of exchequer [I] 1798 – 1824; ambassador to Spain June – Dec. 1809; sec. of state for Foreign affairs Dec. 1809 – Feb. 1812; ld. lt. [I] Dec. 1821 – Feb. 1828, Sept. 1833 – Dec. 1834; ld. steward of Household Nov. 1830 – Sept. 1833, ld. chamberlain Apr.-May 1835.
Custos. rot. co. Meath 1781 – d.
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Main residence: Dangan Castle, co. Meath, [I].
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See Iris Butler, The Eldest Brother (1973).
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Commons 1790-1820
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WELLESLEY, Richard Colley (1760-1842)
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WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763-1845), of Ballyfin, Queen’s Co.
Family and Education
b. 20 May 1763, 2nd s. of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington [I], and bro. of Sir Arthur Wellesley, Hon. Henry Wellesley and Richard Colley Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I]. educ. Eton 1774-6. m. 17 May 1784, Katherine Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Hon. John Forbes, MP [I], 2nd s. of George, 3rd Earl of Granard [I], 1s. 3da. suc. cos. William Pole 1781 and took additional name of Pole; bro. Richard as 3rd Earl of Mornington [I] 26 Sept. 1842; cr. Baron Maryborough [UK] 17 July 1821; GCH 1830.
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MP [I] 1783 – 90.
Midshipman RN 1778 – 82.
Clerk of Ordnance July 1802 – Feb. 1806, Mar. – July 1807; sec. to Admiralty June 1807–1809; PC [I] 24 Oct. 1809, [GB] 18 Dec. 1809; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Oct. 1809–1812; commr. of Treasury [I] Aug. 1810–1811, [GB] Jan. – June 1812, Nov. – Dec. 1834; chancellor of exchequer [I] July 1811–1812; master of Mint Sept. 1814–1823; master of the buckhounds Sept. 1823–1830; postmaster-gen. Dec. 1834–1835.
Gov. Queen’s Co. 1784, custos rot. 1823; capt. Deal Castle 1838–43.
Capt. Ballyfin inf. 1796, Mdx. yeomanry 1803.
Main residence: Ballyfin, Queen's Co, [I].
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Commons 1790-1820
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WELLESLEY POLE, Hon. William (1763-1845)
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