William Wellesley- Pole, third earl of Mornington

(1763-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mornington, Wellesley-Pole, William, Earl of, 1763-1845 NRA: Pole William Wellesley- (1763-1845) 3rd Earl of Mornington statesman DNB: Pole, William Wellesley- [formerly Wesley-], third earl of Mornington (1763-1845), politician LBT ID: LdMorni3 VIAF ID: 43371719 LOC ID: n87912140	B/BAP: 1763-05-20 DIED: 1845-02-22
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Elder brother of the Duke of Wellington; he was MP for East Looe (1790-94) and Queen's County (1801-21), secretary of the Admiralty (1807) and chief secretary for Ireland (1809-12).
REFERENCES TO William Wellesley- Pole, third earl of Mornington: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Wellesleys Found 1: ¶ 16 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 6