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About Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington. In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley of Norragh. He was also Baron Wellesley in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Everything about Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Governor-General of India, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- June 20, 1760
- Died
- September 26, 1842