Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

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Lt.-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884) was a soldier and British nobleman.

He was the son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Kitty Pakenham, daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and succeeded his father in 1852. In 1853 he was made a Privy Councillor and a Knight of the Garter in 1858. In 1863 he inherited the Irish title of Earl of Mornington from his cousin. In 1839 he had married Lady Elizabeth Hay, but they had no children, so at his death he was succeeded in his titles by his nephew, Henry.

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On his father's death: "Think what it will be when the Duke of Wellington is announced and only I come in."

Court offices
Preceded by John Bloomfield	Page of Honour 1818–1821	Succeeded by Lord Frederick Paulet
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Wyndham Lewis Joshua Walker	Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh with Joshua Walker 1829, Spencer Kilderbee 1829–1830 John Croke 1830–1832 1829–1832	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Viscount Stormont Robert Scarlet	Member of Parliament for Norwich with Robert Scarlet 1835–1838 Benjamin Smith 1838–1847 Sir Samuel Peto 1847–1854 1837–1852	Succeeded by Sir Samuel Peto Edward Warner
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Jersey	Master of the Horse 1853–1858	Succeeded by The Duke of Beaufort
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Salisbury	Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex 1868–1884	Succeeded by Viscount Enfield
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Wellesley	Duke of Wellington 1852–1884	Succeeded by Henry Wellesley
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley	Earl of Mornington 1863–1884	Succeeded by Henry Wellesley
Dutch nobility
Preceded by Arthur Wellesley	Prince of Waterloo 1852–1884	Succeeded by Henry Wellesley
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Arthur Wellesley	Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo 1852–1884	Succeeded by Henry Wellesley