Henry Wellesley, first baron Cowley

(1773-1847)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wellesley, Henry, Baron Cowley, 1773-1847 NRA: Wellesley Henry (1773-1847) 1st Baron Cowley diplomat DNB: Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Henry, first Baron Cowley (1773-1847), diplomatist LBT ID: LdCowle1 VIAF ID: 52448546 LOC ID: no2006075127	B/BAP: 1773-01-20 DIED: 1847-04-27
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The younger brother of the Duke of Wellington; he was a lieutenant-governor in India (1801-02), MP for Eye (1807-09) secretary to the Treasury (1808-09), ambassador to Spain (1809-22), Vienna (1823-31) and Paris (1841-46). He was created Baron Cowley in 1828.
REFERENCES TO Henry Wellesley, first baron Cowley: Robert Southey to Messrs. Longman and Co., 3 September 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lady Louisa Molyneux to Thomas Creevey, 30 October 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 24 April 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 30 October 1841 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 9 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IV. 1838-41. Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch X: 1814-15 Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ n1 Ch. XI: 1833 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch XIV: 1837-38