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Lord Wellesley

The Most Honourable
The Marquess Wellesley
KG PC PC (Ire)
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
8 December 1821 – 27 February 1828
Monarch George IV
Prime Minister The Earl of Liverpool
George Canning
The Viscount Goderich
Preceded by The Earl Talbot
Succeeded by The Marquess of Anglesey
In office
12 September 1833 – November 1834
Monarch William IV
Prime Minister The Earl Grey
Preceded by The Marquess of Anglesey
Succeeded by The Earl of Haddington
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
6 December 1809 – 4 March 1812
Monarch George III
Prime Minister Hon. Spencer Perceval
Preceded by The Earl Bathurst
Succeeded by Viscount Castlereagh
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William
In office
18 May 1798 – 30 July 1805
Monarch George III
Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger
Henry Addington
Preceded by Sir Alured Clarke
(provisional)
Succeeded by The Marquess Cornwallis
Personal details
Born (1760-06-20)20 June 1760
Dangan Castle, County Meath
Died 26 September 1842(1842-09-26) (aged 82)
Knightsbridge, London
Nationality Irish
Political party Tory
Spouse(s) (1) Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland
(1766–1816)
(2) Marianne Caton (d. 1853)
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.

He was the eldest son of The 1st Earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and Anne, the eldest daughter of The 1st Viscount Dungannon. He was also the brother of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington. He first made his name as Governor-General of India between 1798 and 1805 and later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Wellesley was born in 1760 in Ireland, where his family were part of the Ascendancy, the old Anglo-Irish . He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, Harrow School and Eton College, where he distinguished himself as a classical scholar, and at Christ Church, Oxford.


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