Lord Charles Wellesley

For the actor, see 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 married Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont, daughter of The Hon. Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844.^[1] 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 Marshall to Queen Victoria. His older brother, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, died in 1884 with no heirs and Lord Charles's eldest surviving son, Henry Wellesley, inherited his uncle's dukedom. Lord Charles's second son succeeded his childless brother as Duke of Wellington in 1900.^[1]

References

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

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Family	Father: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington Mother: Anne Hill Brothers: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley Sister: Lady Anne Smith Wife: Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Children: Arthur Charles

Battles and wars	Flanders Campaign Battle of Boxtel Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Battle of Seringapatam Second Anglo-Maratha War Battle of Assaye Peninsular War Battle of Roliça Battle of Vimeiro Second Battle of Porto Battle of Talavera Battle of Sabugal Third Siege of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Hundred Days Battle of Waterloo

Homes	Apsley House Stratfield Saye House Walmer Castle

Memorials	Wellington Arch Wellington's Column Wellington Monuments Dublin London Somerset Wellington College, Berkshire

Statues	Aldershot Glasgow London Royal Exchange Hyde Park Corner

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