Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington , KG , LVO , OBE , MC (born July 2, 1915 in Rome , † December 31, 2014 in Stratfield Saye ) was a British peer , military and entrepreneur .
life and career
He was the son and heir of Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington and Dorothy Violet Ashton. As his father's apparent marriage , he carried the courtesy title of Marquess Douro from 1943 to 1972 . Wellesley attended Eton College and completed his studies at the New College of the University of Oxford as a Bachelor of Arts from.
In 1936 he joined the British Army as an officer . In World War II he served in the Household Cavalry , in the post-war period he rose to the command of the Household Cavalry Regiment . He was a commander in the 22nd Armored Brigade and the 1st Royal Armored Corps . From 1964 to 1967 he was a military attaché in Madrid . In 1968 he was released from military service with the rank of brigadier .
From 1967 to 1989 he was managing director of the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson .
When his father died in 1972, he inherited his title of nobility as the 8th Duke of Wellington . From 1975 he held the post of Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire . In 1990 he was accepted into the Order of the Garter as a Knight Companion . Since 1993 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society .
Marriage and offspring
In 1944 he had married Diana McConnel († 2010), daughter of Major-General Douglas McConnel (1893–1961) in Jerusalem . The couple have four sons and one daughter.
- Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (* 1945);
- Lord Richard Gerald Wellesley (born 1949);
- Lady Caroline Jane Wellesley (born 1951);
- Lord John Henry Wellesley (born 1954);
- Lord James Christopher Douglas Wellesley (* 1964).
When he died on his Stratfield Saye House estate in Hampshire in 2014 , his eldest son Charles inherited his titles.
Web links
- Arthur Wellesley at Hansard (English)
- Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington on thepeerage.com
- Entry on Debrett's People of Today (English)
- The Duke of Wellington obituary - Obituary in: The Guardian, December 31, 2014
- The Duke of Wellington - obituary - Obituary in: The Daily Telegraph, December 31, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duke of Wellington dies at Stratfield Saye, aged 99. BBC.com
- ↑ Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn . Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd, London 2003, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , p. 4115 (WELLINGTON, D).
- ^ The Duke of Wellington obituary in The Guardian , December 31, 2014, accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Member History: Arthur Wellesley. American Philosophical Society, accessed February 11, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Wellesley, Arthur, 8th Duke of Wellington |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wellesley, Arthur Valerian, 8th Duke of Wellington |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman, military man and businessman |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2014 |
Place of death | Stratfield Saye |