Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the Uni
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1815–1816
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842).
Beginning in 1787, Wellesley served at Dublin Castle (pictured) as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
Wellesley as Lieutenant Colonel, aged c. 26, in the 33rd Regiment. Portrait of Arthur Wellesley by John Hoppner, 1795.
Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, known before her marriage as Kitty Pakenham, was the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
…transferred to the 58th Regiment of Foot. On 31 October, he transferred to the 18th Light Dragoons. During this period he grew increasingly attracted to Kitty Pakenham, the daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. She was described as being full of 'gaiety and charm'. In 1793 he proposed, but was turned down…
Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
Arthur Duke of Wellington