House of Wellesley

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The House of Wellesley is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble family best known for producing Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, a leading British military commander and statesman.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
House of Wellesley canonical 8
Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish noble family ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory County Meath ⓘ
Dangan Castle ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsedBy House of Wellesley ⓘ
connectedToEvent Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyNameInUseSinceCentury 18th century ⓘ
familyNameVariant Wesley ⓘ
hasCadetBranch Wellesley-Pole family ⓘ
linked to: Wellesley family
hasNotableDiplomaticRoleThroughMember Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
hasPatrilinealSurname Wellesley ⓘ
hereditaryTitle Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Earl of Mornington ⓘ
Marquess Wellesley ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
languageOfFamilyName English ⓘ
memberOfSocialClass aristocracy ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
nobleRank peerage of Ireland ⓘ
peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor military leadership through Arthur Wellesley ⓘ
political influence in the United Kingdom ⓘ
producing Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
notableMember Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington ⓘ
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wellesley

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington ⓘ
notableTitleHeld Baron Mornington ⓘ
Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Earl of Mornington ⓘ
Marquess Wellesley ⓘ
originOfSurnameVariant anglicisation of Wesley ⓘ
politicalAlignmentHistorical British establishment ⓘ
producedGovernorGeneralOfIndia Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wellesley
producedOfficeHolder Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
regionOfInfluence British Empire ⓘ
British Isles ⓘ
religionTraditionally Anglicanism ⓘ
seatHistorically Dangan Castle ⓘ
Mornington, County Meath ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wellesley → usedByDynastyOrHouse → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Baron Maryborough → historicalAssociation → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Prins van Waterloo → hereditaryInFamily → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Earl of Mornington → house → House of Wellesley ⓘ
House of Wellesley → coatOfArmsUsedBy → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Marquis of Douro → nobleHouse → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Baron Mornington → dynasticHouse → House of Wellesley ⓘ
Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo → linkedDynasty → House of Wellesley ⓘ
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington → familyName → Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley ⓘ
linked to: House of Wellesley