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Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1735 – 1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jul 1735

Birth Location: Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland

Death Date: 22 May 1781

Death Location: Westminster, London, England

Father: Richard (Wellesley),

Mother: Elizabeth Sale

Spouse(s): Lady Hill-Trevor,

Children(s): Richard Wellesley,, William Wellesley-Pole), Anne (Wellesley), Arthur Wellesley),, Rev (Wellesley),, Henry (Wellesley),

Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley was born in 1735 in Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland, the child of Richard Wesley (Wellesley), and Elizabeth Sale. Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley married Lady Anne Hill-Trevor,, and had children including Richard Colley Wellesley,, William Wesley ( Wellesley-Pole), Anne Wesley (Wellesley), Arthur 'The Iron Duke' Wesley ( Wellesley),, Rev Gerald Valerian Wesley (Wellesley),, Henry Wesley (Wellesley),. Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley passed away in 1781 in Westminster, London, England.

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Biography

  • Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley was born in 1735 in Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland, the child of Richard Wesley (Wellesley), and Elizabeth Sale.
  • Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley married Lady Anne Hill-Trevor,, and had children including Richard Colley Wellesley,, William Wesley ( Wellesley-Pole), Anne Wesley (Wellesley), Arthur 'The Iron Duke' Wesley ( Wellesley),, Rev Gerald Valerian Wesley (Wellesley),, Henry Wesley (Wellesley),.
  • Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley passed away in 1781 in Westminster, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard (Wellesley),
1690 – 1758
Birth Location: Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland
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Elizabeth Sale
1698 – 1738
Birth Location: St Andrew, Dublin, , Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Hill-Trevor,
1742 – 1831
Birth Location: Chirk, Denbighshire, Wales
LH

Children(s)

Richard Wellesley,
1760 – 1842
Birth Location: Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland
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William Wellesley-Pole)
1763 – 1845
Birth Location: Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland
WW
Anne (Wellesley)
1768 – 1844
Birth Location: Dangan Castle (Meath) Ireland
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Arthur Wellesley),
1769 – 1852
Birth Location: Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
AW
Rev (Wellesley),
1770 – 1848
Birth Location: Dangan Castle, Meath, Ireland
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Henry (Wellesley),
1773 – 1847
Birth Location: –
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Garret (Wellesley),'s Ancestors

Self
Garret (Wellesley),
1735 – 1781
Birth Place: Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland
Parents
Richard Wesley (Wellesley),
1690 – 1758
Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland
Elizabeth Sale
1698 – 1738
St Andrew, Dublin, , Ireland
Grandparents
Henry Colley
1648 – 1705
Carbury Castle, Kildare, Ireland
Mary Ussher
1649 – 1705
Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Garret (Wellesley),'s Descendants

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Garret (Colley Wesley) (Wellesley), (19 Jul 1735 – 22 May 1781) m. Lady (Anne) Hill-Trevor, (23 June 1742 – 10 Sep 1831)
  1. 1. Richard (Colley) Wellesley, (20 Jun 1760 – 26 Sep 1842) m. Lady (Hyacinthe Gabrielle) Roland (1760 – 7 Nov 1816)
    1. 1. Richard Wellesley (1787 – 1831)
    2. 2. Lady (Anne) Wellesley (1788 – 19 Mar 1875) m. Sir (Lord William) Abdy, (1779 – 16 Apr 1868) m. LtCol (Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish) Bentinck, (3 Oct 1780 – 28 Apr 1826)
      1. 1. Rev (Charles William Cavendish) Bentinck, (8 Nov 1817 – 17 Aug 1865) m. Louisa Burnaby
        1. 1. Cecilia (Nina Cavendish) Bentinck, (11 Sept 1862 – 23 Jun 1938) m. The (Right Honorable Lord Claude George Bowes) Lyon, (14 Mar 1854 – 07 Nov 1944)
      2. 2. Lt (Gen Arthur Charles Cavendish) Bentinck (10 May 1819 – 11 Dec 1877)
      3. 3. Emily (Cavendish) Bentinck (1820 – 1850)
    3. 3. Hyacinthe (Mary) Wellesley (25 Feb 1789 – 4 Jan 1849) m. Edward (John) Littleton (18 Mar 1791 – 4 May 1863)
      1. 1. Edward (Richard) Littleton (31 Dec 1815 – 3 Apr 1888)
    4. 4. Gerald Wellesley (1790 – 1864)
    5. 5. Henry Wellesley (20 Jan 1794 – 11 Jan 1866)
  2. 2. William (Wesley () Wellesley-Pole) (20 May 1763 – 22 Feb 1845) m. Catherine (Elizabeth Wellesley) Pole (1760 – 23 October 1851)
    1. 1. William (Pole Tylney Long) Wellesley (22 June 1788 – 1 July 1857)
  3. 3. Anne (Wesley) (Wellesley) (13 March 1768 – 16 Dec 1844)
  4. 4. Arthur ('The Iron Duke' Wesley () Wellesley), (01 May 1769 – 14 Sep 1852) m. Catharina (Sara Dorothea) Pakenham, (14 Jan 1772 – 24 Apr 1831)
    1. 1. Lt (Gen Arthur Richard) Wellesley, (3 Feb 1807 – 13 Aug 1884) m. Elizabeth Hay (27 September 1820 – 13 Aug 1904)
      1. 1. Gerald (Frederick Henry) Wellesley (1828 – Bef. 1856)
      2. 2. Hyacinthe (Harriette) Wellesley (Abt. 1835 – 03 Feb 1897)
    2. 2. Major-General (Lord Charles) Wellesley (16 Jan 1808 – 9 Oct 1858) m. Augusta (Sophia Anne) Pierrepont (30 May 1820 – 13 Jul 1893)
      1. 1. Arthur Wellesley (5 May 1845 – 7 Jul 1846)
      2. 2. Henry Wellesley, (5 Apr 1846 – 8 Jun 1900) m. Evelyn (Katrine Gwenfra) Peers-Williams (abt 1856 – 11 MAR 1939)
      3. 3. Lady (Victoria Alexandria) Wellesley (2 Apr 1847 – 31 Jul 1933)
      4. 4. Col (Arthur Charles) Wellesley, (15 Mar 1849 – 18 June 1934) m. Kathleen (E.B.) Williams (abt 1849 – Jun 1927)
        1. 1. Evelyn (Kathleen) Wellesley (abt 1874 – 19 Jan 1922)
        2. 2. Arthur (C.) Wellesley (9 Jun 1876 – 11 Dec 1941)
        3. 3. Richard Wellesley (abt 1880 – 29 October 1914)
        4. 4. Gerald Wellesley (21 Aug 1885 – 04 Jan 1972)
        5. 5. Ellen Wellesley (abt 1887 – 31 Oct 1952)
      5. 5. Mary (Angela) Wellesley (21 OCT 1850 – 26 Apr 1936)
      6. 6. Georgina Wellesley (15 MAY 1853 – 3 Feb 1880)
  5. 5. Rev (Gerald Valerian Wesley) (Wellesley), (07 Dec 1770 – 24 Oct 1848)
  6. 6. Henry (Wesley) (Wellesley), (20 Jan 1773 – 27 Apr 1847)

Garret (Wellesley),'s Timeline

2 Records

1735
19 Jul 1735
Birth of Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley in Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland
Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland
1781
22 May 1781
Age 46
Death of Garret Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington, Viscount Wellesley in Westminster, London, England
Westminster, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1735
    Event Place: Dangan Castle, County of Meath, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3252476
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1781
    Event Place: Westminster, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3252476
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mayfair, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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