NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857 NRA: Wellesley William Pole-Tylney-Long- (1788-1857) 4th Earl of Mornington LBT ID: LdMorni4 VIAF ID: 18645736 LOC ID: n85048315 | B/BAP: 1788-06-22 DIED: 1857-07-01 |
SOURCES: DNB ["William Wellesley Pole"]; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
Whig MP and rake, the nephew of the Duke of Wellington; in 1812 he married Catherine
Tylney-Long whose fortune he squandered; in 1823 he eloped with the wife of Captain Thomas
Bligh of the Coldstream Guards. | |