Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington

Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, KG, GCVO, DL (March 15, 1849 – June 18, 1934) was an English soldier.

His parents were Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley and Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont. He succeeded his childless brother Henry as Duke of Wellington in 1900.

He married Kathleen Emily Bulkeley-Williams, daughter of Captain Robert Griffith Williams (brother of Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Baronet) and wife Mary Anne Geale (daughter of Pears Geale, of Dublin, and wife), on October 24, 1872. She died on 24 June 1927 at Apsley House and interred on 28 June at Stratfield Saye,

He served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, achieving the rank of "Ensign and Lieutenant" on 13 June 1868, the rank of "Lieutenant and Captain" on 15 February 1871, the rank "Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel" on 5 April 1879 and the rank of "Major and Colonel" on August 1, 1887.

He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on May 2, 1902, and as a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 8 August 1902. He was also awarded the Spanish decoration of the Grand Cross of Charles III, and the Portuguese decoration of the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword.

He died at Ewhurst Park, Basingstoke, Hampshire, and was buried three days later at Stratfield Saye House, Basingstoke, Hampshire, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Wellington. His son Arthur succeeded him to the Wellesley family estates and titles.

Children

He had six children :

# Lady Evelyn Kathleen Wellesley, b. 30 July 1873, d. 19 January 1922
# Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, b. 9 June 1876, d. 11 December 1941
# Captain Lord Richard Wellesley, b. 30 September 1879, d. 29 October 1914
# Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, b. 21 August 1885, d. 4 January 1972
# Lady Eileen Wellesley, b. 13 February 1887, d. 31 October 1952
# Wing Commander Lord George Wellesley, b. 29 July 1889, d. 31 July 1967

External links

* [http://www.dwr.org.uk/ Duke of Wellington's Regiment - West Riding]