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The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington
Wellington, Somerset

Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town....
 in Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, is an hereditary title and the senior rank in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
. The first holder of the title was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
 (1769–1852), the noted Irish
Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland was the name given to the Irish state from 1541, by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 of the Parliament of Ireland. It was based on the contested legitimacy of the right of conquest....
-born British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 career officer and statesman, and unqualified references to the Duke of Wellington almost always refer to him. He is most famous for, together with Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher, F?rst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to F?rst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
, defeating Napoleon
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
 at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
. The Wellesley family are, in origin, an Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish

"Anglo-Irish" was a term used historically to describe a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Anglicanism Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English Dissenters churches...
 aristocratic dynasty.

titles of Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro were bestowed upon Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, on 11 May, 1814.






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The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington
Wellington, Somerset

Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town....
 in Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, is an hereditary title and the senior rank in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
. The first holder of the title was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
 (1769–1852), the noted Irish
Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland was the name given to the Irish state from 1541, by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 of the Parliament of Ireland. It was based on the contested legitimacy of the right of conquest....
-born British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 career officer and statesman, and unqualified references to the Duke of Wellington almost always refer to him. He is most famous for, together with Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher, F?rst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to F?rst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
, defeating Napoleon
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
 at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
. The Wellesley family are, in origin, an Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish

"Anglo-Irish" was a term used historically to describe a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Anglicanism Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English Dissenters churches...
 aristocratic dynasty.

History

The titles of Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro were bestowed upon Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, on 11 May, 1814. The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Wellington are: Marquess of Wellington (1812), Marquess Douro (1814), Earl of Mornington
Earl of Mornington

The title Earl of Mornington was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1760 for Garret Wellesley. On the death of the fifth earl it passed to the Duke of Wellington, where it has remained....
 (1760 – but only inherited by the Dukes of Wellington in 1863), Earl of Wellington (1812), Viscount Wellesley (1760 – inherited in 1863), Viscount Wellington (1809), Baron Mornington (1746 – also inherited in 1863), and Baron Douro (1809). The Viscountcy of Wellesley and the Barony and Earldom of Mornington are in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those Peerage created by Monarchy of Ireland in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland or King of Ireland....
; the rest are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
.

The Dukes of Wellington also hold the foreign titles of Prince of Waterloo
Prince of Waterloo

The title Prince of Waterloo is retained by the Dukes of Wellington.This Dutch title of nobility was given to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as a victory title, by King William I of the Netherlands of the then recently united Low Countries, this in recognition of his defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon I at the Battle of Waterl...
 (Orange dynasty's United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom of the Netherlands was the unofficial name used to refer to a new unified European state created from part of the First French Empire during the Congress of Vienna in 1815....
, after the battlefield in the part that would became Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, 1815), Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo
Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo

The Spanish hereditary Duke title of Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo Grandee of Spain 1st Class was conferred on the British General Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in January 1812, quickly after his important victory at Ciudad Rodrigo that same year, as a victory title....
 (Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, 1812), Duque de Vitória (Duke of Victory, Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, 1812), Marquês de Torres Vedras (Marquis of Torres Vedras, Portugal, 1812) and Conde de Vimeiro (Count of Vimeiro, Portugal, 1811). These were granted to the first Duke as victory title
Victory title

A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. This practice was first used by Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it has also been adopted as a practice by many modern empires, especially Napoleonic, British and Russian....
s for his distinguished services as victorious commanding general in the Peninsular War
Peninsular War

The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence was a contest between First French Empire and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Kingdom of Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars....
 (in Spain and Portugal) and at the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
.

The family seat is Stratfield Saye House
Stratfield Saye House

Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye in the north-east of the England county of Hampshire. It has been the home of the Duke of Wellington since 1817....
, near Basingstoke
Basingstoke

Basingstoke is a town#England and Wales in northeast Hampshire, England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading, Berkshire, and northeast of the county town, Winchester....
, Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
. Apsley House
Apsley House

Apsley House, also known as Number One, London, was the London residence of the Duke of Wellington and stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London, facing south towards the busy traffic circulation system....
, in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, is now owned by English Heritage
English Heritage

English Heritage is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government with a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England....
, although the family retain an apartment there.

List of Dukes of Wellington (1814)

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley Kg Ccb Gch Cor 1st Duke of Wellington
  • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

    Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
     (1769–1852), third son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington
    Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington

    Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington was an Anglo-Ireland politician and composer, best known today for fathering several distinguished British military commanders and politicians....
  • Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

    Lt.-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a soldier and British nobleman....
     (1807–1884)
  • Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
    Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington

    Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.Between 1859 and 1865 he attended Eton College....
     (1846–1900)
  • Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington

    Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Tower and Sword, Deputy Lieutenant was an England soldier....
     (1849–1934)
  • Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington

    Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington and Kathleen Bulkeley Williams....
     (1876–1941)
  • Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington
    Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington

    Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington and Hon. Lilian Maud Glean Coats....
     (1912–43)
  • Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington
    Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington

    Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter , styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was a British diplomat, soldier, and architect....
     (1885–1972)
  • Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
    Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington

    Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, Deputy Lieutenant, Fellow of King's College London is a British peerage and a retired Brigadier in the British Army....
     (b. 1915)


The current heir-apparent to the title is the 8th Duke's son Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (b. 19 August, 1945). His son and heir-apparent is Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (b. 31 January, 1978).

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