Family and Education
b. 20 Jan. 1773, 7th but 5th surv. s. of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington [I], and bro. of Sir Arthur Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington [I] and Hon. William Wellesley Pole. educ. Eton 1783-9. m. (1) 20 Sept. 1803, Lady Charlotte Cadogan (div. 1810), da. of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, 3s. 1da.; (2) 27 Feb. 1816, Lady Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil, da. of James Cecil†, 1st Mq. of Salisbury, 1da. KB 10 Mar. 1812; GCB 2 Jan. 1815; cr. Baron Cowley 21 Jan. 1828.
Offices Held
MP [I] Feb.-Apr. 1795.
Ensign, 40 Ft. 1790, 1 Ft. Gds. 1791, lt. 1793; cornet, Mdx. yeomanry 1803.
Sec. of legation, Sweden 1792; précis writer, Foreign Office Apr. 1795 – Oct. 1797; sec. to Earl of Malmesbury’s mission to Lille July 1797; priv. sec. to his bro. as gov.-gen. Bengal 1798 – 1803, commr. Mysore 1799; envoy to Lucknow 1801. lt.-gen. of ceded districts, Oudh 1801 – 02; ld. of Treasury May-Aug. 1804; sec. to Treasury Apr. 1807 – Apr. 1809; PC 21 Dec. 1809; envoy extraordinary to Spain Jan. 1810, ambassador Oct. 1811 – Mar. 1822; ambassador to Austria Feb. 1823 – Aug. 1831, to France Mar. – May 1835, Oct. 1841-July 1846.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1790-1820
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WELLESLEY, Hon. Henry (1773-1847)
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