Lord Charles Wellesley

Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – 9 October 1858) was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Catherine Pakenham. He was educated at Eton College.[1] He married Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont, daughter of The Hon. Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844.[2] Wellesley represented the Conservative Party as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Hampshire from 1842 to 1852, and the MP for Windsor from 1852 to 1855. He was also a Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria. Lord Charles died aged 50 in 1858.

When his older brother, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, died in 1884 with no heirs, Lord Charles's second child, Henry Wellesley (as the oldest surviving son) inherited his uncle's dukedom as Duke of Wellington. When Henry also died childless in 1900, the peerage passed to Lord Charles’ second son Arthur Wellesley, Henry's brother.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9. E.P. Williams. 1864. pp. 103–.
  2. 1 2 "Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley". thePeerage.com. 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Combe Compton
John Willis Fleming		 Member of Parliament for South Hampshire
1842–1852
With: Henry Combe Compton		 Succeeded by
Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Ralph Dutton
Preceded by
John Hatchell		 Member of Parliament for Windsor
1852–1855
With: Charles William Grenfell		 Succeeded by
Samson Ricardo


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