Richard Wellesley, Marquess
Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington (1760-1842)
Born 20 June 1760 Dangan Castle
Died 26 September 1842 Knightsbridge, Kingston House
Married (1) 29 November 1794 London
Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, daughter of Pierre Roland,
(Christopher Alexander Fagan ?) and Hyacinthe Gabrielle Varis
Born circa 1760 Paris
Died 7 November 1816 Teddesley, Staffs.
Married (2) 29 October 1825 Dublin
Marianne Caton, daughter of Richard Caton, of Baltimore,
Maryland, Merchant and Mary Carroll
Died 17 December 1853 Hampton Court Palace
In 1784 he became an M.P. and in 1786 Lord of the Treasury. For
several years he lived together with Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland and, after
several children were born, married her in 1794. In 1797 he
became Governor-General of India, which he remained until 1805, and
in 1799 he was made a Marquess. Under his administration British rule in
India became supreme, the influence of France was extinguished, and the
power of the princes reduced by the crushing of Tippoo Sahib in 1799 and
the Marathas in 1803. After his return to England, he became ambassador
to Madrid in 1805 and foreign minister in 1809.
On 7 December 1816 his wife died and, on 29 October 1825, he married
Marianne Caton, widow of Robert Patterson, whose sister Elizabeth Patterson
had been married to a brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1821 he was appointed
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and again in 1833.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
