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Richard Wellesley, first marquess Wellesley
(1760-1842)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842
NRA:    Wellesley, Richard Colley (1760-1842) Marquess Wellesley, statesman
DNB:    Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), governor-general of Bengal
LBT ID: LdWelle1    VIAF ID: 62284378    LOC ID: n80132816		B/BAP:   1760-06-20
DIED:   1842-09-26
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Garret Wesley (1735-1781) and elder brother of the Duke of Wellington; he was Whig MP, Governor-general of Bengal (1797-1805), Foreign Secretary (1809-12), and Lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1821-28); he was created Marquess Wellesley in 1799.
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