Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – 9 October 1858) was a British politician

Politician

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, soldier and courtier

Courtier

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. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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, and Catherine Pakenham

Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

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. He married Augusta Pierrepont, daughter of Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844. Wellesley represented the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for South Hampshire from 1842 to 1852, and the MP for Windsor

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 from 1852 to 1855. He was also a Chief Equerry

Master of the Horse

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 and Clerk Marshall to Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

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. His older brother, Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC , styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician...

, died in 1884 with no heirs and Lord Charles's eldest surviving son, Henry Wellesley

Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington

Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington....

, inherited his uncle's dukedom. Lord Charles's second son succeeded his childless brother as Duke of Wellington in 1900.

Children

He had six children:

1. Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley (d. 1933)
2. Lady Mary Angela Wellesley (d. 1936)
3. Georgina Wellesley (d. 1880)
4. Arthur Wellesley (1845–1846)
5. Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
   Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
   Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington....
   
    (1846–1900)
6. Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1849–1934)

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