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Families covered: Wellesley of Mornington, Wellesley of Wellington
Richard Colley, later Wesley, 1st Lord Mornington (d 31.01.1758) | |||||||||||||||
Richard inherited the estates of Dangan and Mornington from his maternal cousin, Garret Wesley of Dangan and Mornington. | |||||||||||||||
m. (23.12.1719) Elizabeth Sale (d 17.06.1838, dau of John Sale, MP for Carysfort) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Garret Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (b 19.07.1735, d 22.05.1781) | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.02.1759) Anne Hill-Trevor (b 23.06.1742, d 10.12.1831, dau of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley (b 20.06.1760, d 17.12.1853) | ||||||||||||||
BP1934 & TCP (Wellington) identify Richard's 1st wife (previously mistress ) as Hyacinthe Gabrielle, dau of Pierre Roland of Paris. However, it has been reported that she was illegitimate, being ... | |||||||||||||||
p./m1. (29.11.1794) Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland (b c1759, d 05.11.1816, illegitimate dau of Christopher Alexander Fagan) | |||||||||||||||
BP1934 (Wellington) reports that Richard "had no legitimate issue". TCP (Wellington) reports that he had several children by Hyacinthe before they married. | |||||||||||||||
i. | Anne Wellesley (b c1788, d 19.03.1875) apparently of this generation§R§ | ||||||||||||||
m1. (03.07.1806, div 1816) Sir William Abdy, 7th Bart of Felix Hall (b 1779, dsp 16.04.1868) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (23.07.1816) William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (b 03.10.1780, d 28.04.1826, Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
m2. (29.10.1825, sp) Marianne Caton (b c1790, d 17.12.1853, dau of Richard Caton of Philadelphia or Baltimore (by Mary, dau of Charles Carroll of Carrolstown, Maryland), widow of Robert Patterson) | |||||||||||||||
B. | William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington (b 20.05.1763, d 22.02.1845) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.05.1784) Katharine Elizabeth Forbes (b c1760, d 23.10.1851, dau of Hon John Forbes, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (b 22.06.1788, d 01.07.1857) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (14.03.1812) Catherine Tylney-Long (b 1789, d 12.09.1825, dau of Sir James Tylney-Long, Bart of Draycot) | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (b 07.10.1813, d unm 25.07.1863) | ||||||||||||||
b. | James FitzRoy Henry William Pole-Wellesley (b 11.08.1815, d unm 30.10.1851) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Victoria Catherine Mary Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (b 29.5.1818, d 29.03.1897) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (10.11.1828) Helena Paterson (d 07.04.1869, dau of Thomas Paterson, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Mary Charlotte Anne Pole-Wellesley (d 02.02.1845) | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.07.1806) Hon Sir Charles Bagot (d 19.05.1843) | |||||||||||||||
iiii. | Emily Harriet Pole-Wellesley (d 06.03.1881) | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.03.1814) FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, Field Marshal (b 30.09.1788, d Crimea 28.06.1555) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Priscilla Anne Pole-Wellesley (d 18.02.1879) | ||||||||||||||
m. (26.06.1811) John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (b 03.02.1784, d 16.10.1859, General) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (b 29.04.1769, d 14.09.1852, Prime Minister, Field Marshal) had issue§A§E | ||||||||||||||
m. (10.04.1806) Catherine Pakenham (d 25.04.1831, dau of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Lord Longford) | |||||||||||||||
D. | Gerald Valerian Wellesley (b 07.12.1770, d 24.10.1848, chaplain to the Queen) | ||||||||||||||
m. (02.06.1802) Emily Mary Cadogan (b 26.05.1778, d 22.12.1839, dau of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Arthur Richard Wellesley (b 1804, d 21.08.1830) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | William Henry Charles Wellesley (b 14.02.1813, d 14.11.1888) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (01.11.1849) Jane Malet Hayden (dau of Thomas Hayden) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Sir George Grenville Wellesley (b 02.08.1814, d 06.04.1901) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.10.1853) Elizabeth Doughty Lukin (d 09.01.1906, dau of Robert Lukin) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Emily Anne Charlotte Wellesley (d 22.10.1876) | ||||||||||||||
m. (26.01.1836) Hon. Robert Liddell (d 29.06.1888, Rev) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Georgiana Henrietta Louisa Wellesley (d 01.03.1879) | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.04.1827) George Darby St. Quintin of St. Leonards (dsp 22.12.1872) | |||||||||||||||
vi. | Mary Sarah Wellesley (d 11.02.1873) | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.07.1836) Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (b 15.02.1812, d 08.06.1873) | |||||||||||||||
vii. | Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley (d 12.07.1883) | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.05.1842) Hon. George Augustus Liddell (d 14.12.1888) | |||||||||||||||
E. | Henry Wellesley, 1st Lord Cowley (b 20.01.1773, d 27.04.1847) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (20.09.1803, div 1810) Charlotte Cadogan (d 08.07.1853, dau of Charles, 1st Earl Cadogan) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Henry Richard Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (b 17.06.1804, d 15.07.1884) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.10.1833) Olivia Cecilia (b c1807, d 21.04.1885, dau of Charlotte, Baroness de Ros) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | William Henry George Wellesley (b 02.02.1806, d 21.12.1875) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.07.1842) Amelia St. John Niblock (d 03.10.1889, dau of Rev Joseph White Niblock) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of Windsor (d 17.09.1882) | ||||||||||||||
m. (16.09.1856) Magdalen Montagu (d 30.09.1919, dau of Henry Montagu, 6th Lord Rokeby of Armagh) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Albert Victor Arthur Wellesley (b 04.07.1865, d unm 23.03.1883) | ||||||||||||||
iv. | Charlotte Arbuthnott Wellesley (b 25.01.1808, d 21.11.1891) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.05.1831) Robert Grosvenor, 1st Lord Ebury (b 24.04.1801, d 18.11.1893) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (27.02.1816) Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil (d 18.01.1860, dau of James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Georgiana Charlotte Mary Wellesley (d 02.08.1878) | ||||||||||||||
m. (09.12.1848) Henry, Lord Dalling and Bulwer (dsp 23.05.1872) | |||||||||||||||
F. | Anne Wellesley (d 16.12.1844) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (04/7.01.1790) Henry FitzRoy (b 13.09.1765, 19.03.1794) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (02.08.1799) Charles Culling Smith of Hampton (d 26.05.1853) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Elizabeth Wellesley (b c1720, d 10.10.1752) | ||||||||||||||
m. (09.04.1743) Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken (b 05.06.1718, d 16.07.1757) | |||||||||||||||
3. | Frances Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
m. (1750) William Francis Crosbie (d 11.09.1768) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Elizabeth Crobie | ||||||||||||||
m. (20.01.1775) Clotworthy Rowley (d 1781, Major) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Wellington), BP1934 (Cowley)
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