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    Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)


    Life
    [Arthur Wellesley]; b. Dangan Castle [usually given as Mornington House, 24 Merrion St. Dublin], son of Garret Wellesley (Lord Mornington; 1st Earl; see note); ed.

    Eton, Brighton, and Angers France (where he attended a military academy); commissioned to 73rd Foot, 1783; major 33rd Foot, 1793; elected MP for Trim in Irish Parliament, 1790-95 - where there is a monument; supported Catholic Relief but opposed admission to Parliament; active service in Netherlands with Duke of York, 1794; commanded 33rd in India, 1797-1085; Governor of Mysore, 1799; major-general, 1802; campaigned in the second Mahratta War, 1803-05; Richard Wellesley Governor General in India; Indian Campaigns, Mysore &c.; married Lady Catherine Pakenham, 1806; succeeded Lord Cornwallis as Colonel of the 33rd, Jan.

    1806;

     
    elected MP for Rye, 1806; Secretary for Ireland, 1807; landed Corunna, 1808; new Peninsular expedition, 1809; constructed lines of Torres Vedra