Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington,, styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eld
The Duke of Wellington, c. 1870
"The son of Waterloo". Caricature by Cecioni published in Vanity Fair in 1872
Arthur Duke of Wellington
Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington,, was a daughter of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. Her husband, Lord Douro, succeeded his father as duke of Wellington in 1852. She served as Mistress of the
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
…of his cousin William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington. From 1868 to 1884 he was Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. Wellington married Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, in 1839. They had no children. The marriage was not a happy one although Lady Elizabeth…
Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington