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Description: | Grandson of the first duke, Arthur Charles Wellesley was born on 15 March 1849. Educated at Eton, he spent the early part of his adult life in the Grenadier Guards, rising from Ensign in 1868 to Colonel in 1887. He retired from the army in 1900 on succeeding to the dukedom. He became Knight of the Garter in 1902 and bore the Standard of the Union at the coronations of Edward VII in 1902 and George V in 1911. He was Chairman of Hampshire Quarter Sessions. The Duke died 18 June (the anniversary of Waterloo) 1934 at Ewhurst Park, Basingstoke, aged 85 years, and is buried at Stratfield Saye.
The Complete Peerage lists the Duke's English titles: 4th Duke of Wellington, Marquess of Wellington, Marquess of Douro, Earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, and Baron Douro of Wellesley, also Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. The foreign titles occupy a list of equal length.
The illustration is from Vanity Fair, 5 March 1903. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | army Arthur Charles Wellesley Marquess of Wellington Strathfield-Saye Ewhurst Park Lord Strathfieldsaye Strathfield Say Strathfield Saye Srathfieldsaye Hampshire Quarter Sessions Grenadier Guards 4th Duke of Wellington | Temporal: | start=1903-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Spy; Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair; Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Ltd | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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