Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
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His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG PC |
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"The son of Waterloo". Wellington as caricatured by Adriano Cecioni in Vanity Fair, June 1872.
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| Master of the Horse | |
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In office 21 January 1853 – 21 February 1858 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Jersey |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Beaufort |
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| Born |
3 February 1807 Harley Street, Soho, London, England |
| Died | 13 August 1884 (aged 77) Brighton Railway Station, Brighton, Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Elizabeth Hay (1820–1904) |
| Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Viscount Wellington between February and August 1812, Earl of Wellington between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
Wellesley was born at Harley Street, Marylebone, London, the eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and the Honourable Catherine Sarah Dorothea "Kitty" Pakenham, daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. Lord Charles Wellesley was his younger brother and Lord Wellesley, Lord Mornington and Lord Cowley his uncles. He was educated at Temple Grove School, Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became known by the courtesy title Lord Douro when his father was created Earl of Wellington in 1812 and as Marquess of Douro in 1814 after his father was elevated to a dukedom. He was a Page of Honour from 1818 to 1821.
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