Wellesley
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People
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
(1769–1852), Irish soldier, statesman, and Prime Minister of the UK - Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of WellingtonLieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC , styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician...
(1807–1884), British politician - Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of WellingtonArthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, KG, GCVO, GCTE, DL was a member of the well-known Wellesley family. He joined the military and served in the Household Division...
(1849–1934), British soldier - Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of WellingtonArthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, and Kathleen Bulkeley Williams....
(1876–1941), British soldier - Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (born 1915), British soldier
- Arthur Wellesley, Earl of MorningtonArthur Wellesley, Earl of MorningtonArthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington , is the son of Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, and after his father heir to the Dukedom of Wellington...
(born 1978), British businessman - Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of DouroArthur Wellesley, Marquess of DouroArthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Grandee of Spain, OBE , is the son and heir of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, Diana McConnel. He was born as Earl of Mornington in 1945, at Princess Christian Nursing Home, Windsor, Berkshire...
(born 1945), British businessman - Charles WellesleyLord Charles WellesleyMajor-General Lord Charles Wellesley was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Catherine Pakenham. He married Augusta Pierrepont, daughter of Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844...
(1808–1858), British politician - Charles WellesleyCharles WellesleyCharles Wellesley was an Irish-born American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1913 and 1928.He was born in Dublin and died in Amityville, New York.- Selected filmography :...
(1873–1946), American actor - Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of WellingtonElizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of WellingtonElizabeth, Duchess of Wellington was born Lady Elizabeth Hay, a daughter of the eighth Marquess of Tweeddale. One of her brothers was the ornithologist Viscount Walden, and another the Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay...
(1820–1904), Mistress of the Robes - Lady Elizabeth WellesleyLady Elizabeth WellesleyLady Elizabeth Clyde is an English socialite. She is the daughter of Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, and Dorothy Violet Ashton, and is thus a great-great-granddaughter of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
(born 1918), British socialite - Lord George WellesleyLord George WellesleyWing Commander Lord George Wellesley MC was an English soldier and airman.He was the son of Colonel Sir Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams. His great-grandfather was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington...
(1889–1967), British soldier - Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of WellingtonGerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of WellingtonGerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, KG , styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was a British diplomat, soldier, and architect....
(1885–1972), British soldier and diplomat - Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron CowleyHenry Wellesley, 1st Baron CowleyHenry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley GCB was the youngest brother of the Duke of Wellington, and became a notable diplomat in his own right.-Life:...
(1773–1847), Irish diplomat - Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of WellingtonHenry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of WellingtonHenry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington....
(1846–1900), British soldier and politician - Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of WellingtonHenry Wellesley, 6th Duke of WellingtonHenry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington and the Hon. Lilian Maud Glean Coats, daughter of Lord Glentaner. He was styled the Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941...
(1912–1943), British soldier - Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess WellesleyRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess WellesleyRichard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....
(1760–1842), Irish peer, statesman, and Governor-General of India
Places and institutions
- Wellesley, MassachusettsWellesley, MassachusettsWellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of Greater Boston. The population was 27,982 at the time of the 2010 census.It is best known as the home of Wellesley College and Babson College...
, United States- Wellesley High SchoolWellesley High SchoolWellesley High School is a public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, executing grades 9 through 12. Its current principal is Dr. Andrew Keough, who assumed the position in 2007 after the retirement of Ms. Rena Mirkin. Its two assistant principals are Lynne Novogroski and Nora Curran...
, public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts - Wellesley College, private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Wellesley High School
- Wellesley College (New Zealand)Wellesley College (New Zealand)Wellesley College is a boys-only independent primary school in Day's Bay, Eastbourne, New Zealand.-History:Day's Bay House was built in 1903 for the Wellington Steam Ferry Company Limited which had made the heart of Day's Bay a destination resort and sports complex...
, private boys only independent primary school in New Zealand - Wellesley, OntarioWellesley, OntarioThe Township of Wellesley is the rural, north-western township of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses 277.84 km2 and had a population of 9,789 in the Canada 2006 Census.-Communities:...
, Canada, a township - Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia, known in Malay as Seberang Prai
Other
- The Vickers WellesleyVickers WellesleyThe Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force...
, 1930s single-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force - Wellesley (TTC)Wellesley (TTC)Wellesley is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada subway. It is located at 551 Yonge Street at Wellesley Street East.Wellesley is the only downtown TTC subway station with only one street entrance.-History:...
, a subway station in Toronto, Ontario - Wellesley marriage, defunct term for (not necessarily sexual) same-sex cohabitation, see Boston marriageBoston marriageBoston marriage as a term is said to have been in use in New England in the decades spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe two women living together, independent of financial support from a man. The term was little known until the debut in 2000 of the David Mamet play of the...