Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington

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Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978 in Paddington, London, Middlesex) is the son of Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, and after his father heir to the Dukedom of Wellington. Through his mother, HRH Princess Antonia of Prussia, he is a descendant of Queen Victoria, a great-great-grandson of Wilhelm II of Germany and is 356th in the line of succession to the British Throne.

Educated at Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford (obtaining a first-class degree) and Columbia Business School, he has worked in private equity.

He married Jemma Madeleine Kidd (born 1974), great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook, on 4 June 2005 at St James' Church on Barbados. Due to this marriage Jemma acquires the title of Countess of Mornington.

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Preceded by
Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro
Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by
Lord Frederick Wellesley
Court offices
Preceded by
John Carew-Pole
Page of Honour to The Queen Mother
1993–1995
Succeeded by
Thomas Lumley