Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington 1807-1884

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On 10th April 1806 [his father] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 36] and [his mother] Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 33] were married at Dublin [Map]. He the son of [his grandfather] Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [his grandmother] Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 63].

On 3rd February 1807 Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington was born to Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 37] and Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 34] at Harley Street Marylebone.

Battle of Talavera

                    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 father] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 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 [aged 29] commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
                
                    General Henry Fane [aged 30] commanded the 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards, 4th Queen's Own Dragoons.
                
                    Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet [aged 14] fought.

Battle of Salamanca

On 22nd July 1812 the Battle of Salamanca was fought at which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the [his father] Earl of Wellington [aged 43] defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles [Map].

Brother General Thomas Bradford [aged 34] and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford [aged 31] fought.

Major-General John Le Marchant [aged 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.

On 11th May 1814 [his father] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 45] was created 1st Duke Wellington. [his mother] Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Wellington.

On 29th June 1822 Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort [aged 30] and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort [aged 22] were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was [his aunt] Anne Wellesley [aged 54] sister of [his father] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 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 [aged 55] and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort [aged 51].

On 24th April 1831 [his mother] Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 58] died.

In 1839 Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington [aged 31] and Elizabeth Hay Duchess Wellington [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale [aged 51] and Susan Montagu Marchioness Tweddale [aged 38]. He the son of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 69] and Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington.

On 14th September 1852 [his father] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 83] died at Deal Castle [Map]. His son Arthur [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Duke Wellington, 2nd Viscount Wellington of Talavera. [his wife] Elizabeth Hay Duchess Wellington [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Wellington.

George Gammon Adams [aged 31] took the death mask of the Duke of Wellington, the marble bust he executed from it being highly regarded by the Duke's heirs.

1858 Appointment of Garter Knights

                    In 1858 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 38] appointed five Knights of the Garter:
                
                    720th Frederick III King Prussia [aged 26].
                
                    721st Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington [aged 50].
                
                    722nd William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire [aged 49].
                
                    723rd King Pedro V of Portugal [aged 20].
                
                    724th The Prince of Wales [aged 16].

On 25th July 1863 William Richard Arthur Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 5th Earl Mornington [aged 49] died in Paris [Map]. He was buried at Draycott Cerne Chippenham, Wiltshire. His first cousin once removed Arthur [aged 56] succeeded 6th Earl Mornington, 6th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. [his wife] Elizabeth Hay Duchess Wellington [aged 42] by marriage Countess Mornington.

On 8th October 1873 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Hay 9th Marquess Tweedale [aged 48] and Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale [aged 27] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale [aged 86] and [his mother-in-law] Susan Montagu Marchioness Tweddale.

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On 10th October 1876 [his father-in-law] George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale [aged 89] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Arthur [aged 51] succeeded 9th Marquess Tweeddale. Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale [aged 30] by marriage Marchioness Tweeddale.

On 29th December 1878 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Hay 9th Marquess Tweedale [aged 54] died without issue. His brother William [aged 52] succeeded 10th Marquess Tweeddale.

On 13th August 1884 Arthur Wellesley 2nd Duke Wellington [aged 77] died. His nephew Henry [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Duke Wellington, 7th Earl Mornington, 7th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle, 3rd Viscount Wellington of Talavera. Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams Duchess Wellington [aged 29] by marriage Duchess Wellington.