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Name:
Garret 1st Earl of Mornington Wesley
 Relationship to Robert le Bigod
Birth:
19 JUL 1735
Father:
Richard 1st Baron of Mornington Wesley
Mother:
Elizabeth Sale
Married:
Anne Hill 6 FEB 1759
Children:
Richard 2nd Earl of Mornington Wellesley
Born: 20 JUN 1760 Dangan Castle, Ireland
Died: 26 SEP 1842 Kingston House, Knightsbridge, England
William 3rd Earl of Mornington Wellesley-Pole
Born: 20 MAY 1763 Dangan Castle, Ireland
Died: 22 FEB 1845 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, England
Arthur 1st Duke of Wellington Wellesley
Born: 1 MAY 1769 Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 14 SEP 1852 Walmer Castle, Walmer, England
Gerald Valerian Wellesley
Born: 7 DEC 1770 Dangan Castle, Meath, Ireland
Died: 24 OCT 1848 Durham
Henry 1st Baron Cowley of Wesley Wellesley
Born: 20 JAN 1773
Died: 27 APR 1847
Anne Wellesley
Born: BEF 1775
Died: 16 DEC 1844
Death:
22 MAY 1781 Kensington, England aged 45
Remarks:
EVENT: [Ireland]

EVENT: [I., 1746]

EVENT: [Ireland]|| || || ||He is said to have owed his Earldom to very
considerable musical talent which had gained him the favour of King
George III. Some of his compositions, glees and double-chants are still
sung and admired

GRADUATION: Trinity College||B.A.

OFFICE: M.P. for Trim

Mrs. Delany writes of him "my godson, Master Wesley, is a most
extraordinary boy; ... he is a very good scholar, and whatever study he
undertakes he masters most surprisingly. He began with the fiddle last
year, he now plays everything at sight; he understands fortification,
building of ships, and has more knowledge than I ever met with in one so
young"

GRADUATION: Trinity College||M.A.

GRADUATION: Trinity College||Doctor of Music

OFFICE: Custos Rotulorum for County Meath

INVEST: Privy Counsellor (P.C.) (Irish)

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