Wellesley

Wellesley may refer to:

Ships

• HMS Wellesley - British ship name

People

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), Irish soldier, statesman, and Prime Minister of the UK
• Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), British politician
• Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1849–1934), British soldier
• Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (1876–1941), British soldier
• Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (born 1915), British soldier
• Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 1978), British businessman
• Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (born 1945), British businessman
• Charles Wellesley (1808–1858), British politician
• Charles Wellesley (1873–1946), American actor
• Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1820–1904), Mistress of the Robes
• Lady Elizabeth Wellesley (born 1918), British socialite
• Lord George Wellesley (1889–1967), British soldier
• Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1885–1972), British soldier and diplomat
• Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773–1847), Irish diplomat
• Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington (1846–1900), British soldier and politician
• Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (1912–1943), British soldier
• Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Irish peer, statesman, and Governor-General of India

Places and institutions

• Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
  • Wellesley High School, public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts
  • Wellesley College, private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts
• Wellesley College (New Zealand), private boys only independent primary school in New Zealand
• Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, a township
• Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia, known in Malay as Seberang Prai

Other

• The Vickers Wellesley, 1930s single-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force
• Wellesley (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, Ontario
• Wellesley marriage, defunct term for (not necessarily sexual) same-sex cohabitation, see Boston marriage