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Paternal Family Tree: Colley
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831
On 6th February 1759 [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 23) and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mornington.
On 20th June 1760 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley was born to [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 24) and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 17) at Dungan Castle, Dungan, County Meath.
On 2nd October 1760 [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 25) was created 1st Earl Mornington, 1st Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 22) in reward for his services to music and philanthropy. [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 18) by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 31st January 1768 [his grandfather] Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington (age 78) died. His son [his father] Garrett (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Mornington.
In 1781 William Pole of Ballyfin in Ireland (age 68) died. His mother's great-nephew [his brother] William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington (age 17) inherited his estates at which time he changed his name from Wellesley to Wellesly-Pole.
On 22nd May 1781 [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 45) died at Kensington. He was buried at Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair. His son Richard (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Mornington, 2nd Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle.
In 1784 [his brother] William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington (age 22) were married. He the son of [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 41).
In 1787 [his illegitimate son] Richard Wellesley was born illegitimately to Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 26) and [his future wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 21).
In 1788 [his illegitimate daughter] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy was born illegitimately to Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 27) and [his future wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 22). She married (1) 3rd July 1806 William Abdy 7th Baronet, son of Captain William Abdy 6th Baronet (2) 16th July 1816 Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland, and had issue.
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On 25th February 1789 [his illegitimate daughter] Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley Baroness Hatherton was born illegitimately to Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 28) and [his future wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 23). She married October 1812 Edward John Walhouse aka Littleton 1st Baron Hatherton and had issue.
In 1792 [his illegitimate son] Gerald Wellesley was born illegitimately to Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 31) and [his future wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 26).
Before 29th November 1794 [his illegitimate son] Henry Wellesley was born illegitimately to Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 34) and [his future wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 28).
On 29th November 1794 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 34) and Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Mornington. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 52).
Around 1795 [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 29) began to seek evidence for a divorce from her husband Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 34) who had two illegitimate children with another woman following his marriage to Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley. They formayy separated in 1810.
In 1799 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 38) was created 1st Marquess Wellesley. [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 33) by marriage Marchioness Wellesley.
On 20th September 1803 [his brother] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan (age 74) and Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan (age 45). He the son of [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 61).
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On 10th April 1806 [his brother] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 36) and [his sister-in-law] Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington (age 33) were married at Dublin [Map]. He the son of [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 63).
On 3rd July 1806 [his son-in-law] William Abdy 7th Baronet (age 27) and [his illegitimate daughter] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy (age 18) were married at Hyde Park Corner; this is possibly Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner. She by marriage Lady Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex. She the illegitmate daughter of Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 46) and [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 40).
Between 27th July 1809 and 28th July 1809 the Battle of Talavera, part of the Peninsular War, was fought between an Anglo Spanish army commanded by [his brother] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 40) against the French. The French army withdrew at night after several of its attacks had been repulsed. Following the battle Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington was created 1st Viscount Wellington of Talavera.
Hugh Gough 1st Viscount Gough (age 29) commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
General Henry Fane (age 30) commanded the 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards, 4th Queen's Own Dragoons.
Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet (age 14) fought.
In 1810 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 49) was appointed 635th Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 71).
In 1810 [his brother] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 36) and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 28) were divorced by an Act of Parliament following her elopement with Henry Paget (age 41). Following the divorce, Wellesley was awarded £20,000 plus costs in damages against Paget.
On 29th November 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 42) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 35) were divorced by an act of Parliament as a result of his having had an affair with [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 29) whose husband [his brother] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 37) also sought a divorce.
On 22nd July 1812 the Battle of Salamanca was fought at which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the [his brother] Earl of Wellington (age 43) defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles [Map].
Brother General Thomas Bradford (age 34) and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford (age 31) fought.
Major-General John Le Marchant (age 46) was killed in action. Wellington is reported as saying to Le Marchant that he must take the first favourable opportunity to engage the enemy's infantry, "You must then charge at all hazards" was his final instruction. Following up the attack of the 5th Infantry Division Le Marchant led the 3rd and 4th Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards in what was probably the most destructive charge made by a single brigade of cavalry in the whole Napoleonic period. The left wing of the French army were on the point of being defeated by the 3rd and 5th divisions of Anglo-Portuguese infantry when Le Marchant's dragoons charged in and destroyed battalion after battalion. Many of the French infantrymen sought the protection of the British infantry to escape the sabres of the dragoons. Le Marchant, knowing he had achieved a magnificent success, was leading a squadron against the last of the formed French infantry when he was shot and his spine broken. See Fletcher's "Galloping at Everything: The British Cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo 1808-15". Spellmount, Staplehurst. ISBN 1-86227-016-3. 1999, pp. 185–188.
In October 1812 [his son-in-law] Edward John Walhouse aka Littleton 1st Baron Hatherton (age 21) and [his illegitimate daughter] Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley Baroness Hatherton (age 23) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 52) and [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 46).
In 1813 [his brother] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 43) was appointed 640th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 50) during the Regency.
Between 1813 and 1830. Studio of Thomas Lawrence (age 43). Portrait of Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 52).
On 11th May 1814 [his brother] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 45) was created 1st Duke Wellington. [his sister-in-law] Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington (age 41) by marriage Duchess Wellington.
On 16th July 1816 [his son-in-law] Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (age 36) and [his illegitimate daughter] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy (age 28) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 56) and [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 50). He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland.
On 5th November 1816 [his wife] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley (age 50) died at Teddesley Hall, Penkridge; home of her son-in-law [his son-in-law] Edward John Walhouse aka Littleton 1st Baron Hatherton (age 25), husband of her daughter [his illegitimate daughter] Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley Baroness Hatherton (age 27).
Before 1821 [his brother] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 47) and [his sister-in-law] Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury (age 72) and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury (age 70). He the son of [his father] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 78). They were second cousin once removed.
On 29th June 1822 Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 30) and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort (age 22) were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was [his sister] Anne Wellesley (age 54) sister of [his brother] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 53). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 55) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 51).
On 29th October 1825 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 65) and Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 37) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Wellesley. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 83).
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton (age 62), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton (age 30) had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 35) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 54),
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 32) married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 27).
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 38).
In January 1828 [his brother] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley (age 54) was created 1st Baron Cowley. [his sister-in-law] Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley by marriage Baroness Cowley.
On 24th April 1828 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 29) and [his sister-in-law] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 35) were married. He the son of George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 52) and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 52).
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of [his father-in-law] Richard Caton (age 65), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter [his sister-in-law] Emily Caton (age 33) had children.
[his wife] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 40) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 67),
[his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 38) married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 56),
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds.
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 41).
In 1831 [his illegitimate son] Richard Wellesley (age 44) died.
On 10th September 1831 [his mother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 89) died at Henrietta Street Covent Garden. She was buried at Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.
In 1833 [his illegitimate son] Gerald Wellesley (age 41) died.
On 10th July 1838 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 62) died. His son Francis (age 40) succeeded 7th Duke Leeds, 7th Earl of Danby, 7th Viscount Osborne, 7th Viscount Latimer, 7th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 8th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 14th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 11th Baron Conyers. [his sister-in-law] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 45) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
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On 26th September 1842 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 82) died at Kingston House Knightsbridge, Kensington. His brother [his brother] William (age 79) succeeded 3rd Earl Mornington, 3rd Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. [his sister-in-law] Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington (age 81) by marriage Countess Mornington.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. My last recollection of Cassiobury was in 1849, when I stayed there after the announcement of my engagement to the Count Montemolin (age 25). The great Lord Brougham (age 65) was included in the house-party, and one day when he was walking in the gardens, talking about my approaching marriage, he suddenly dropped on one knee, and taking my hand, kissed it, saying as he did so, "Let me be the first to kiss your hand as future Queen of Spain".
This somewhat theatrical behaviour was exactly what Lord Brougham delighted in. He was a very ugly man, and like most ugly people he was very vain. He was a wonderful speaker, and few cared to provoke his powers of sarcasm; Hazlitt describes him as "a man of inordinate ambition and little heart"; but he certainly possessed some heart, for he adored his daughter Eleanor, who died at Cannes when she was only nineteen. The poor girl was an invalid all her short life, and her father resided at Cannes solely on her account. He built the Villa Eleanor for her, and until Lord Brougham's death her bedroom was always known as "Eleanor's room", and kept exactly as it had been when she occupied it.
The Villa is now an hotel, and Cannes is very different to what it was when Lord Brougham settled there. He told me that the town had only one hotel and one street when he first saw it.
Eleanor Brougham's body was brought to England, and she was buried in the small graveyard which belongs to Lincoln's Inn Chapel. I do not think any other woman has ever been interred there. The Marquis of Wellesley wrote her epitaph, and I believe it is a very beautiful and touching one.
On 17th December 1853 [his former wife] Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 65) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Colley
GrandFather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ussher of Bridgefoot
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Ussher
Father: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
GrandMother: Elizabeth Sale
Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Moyses Hill Marshall of Ulster
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hill
Great x 1 Grandfather: Michael Hill
GrandFather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trevor
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Trevor
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Trevor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Trevor
Mother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington