Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978), also known as simply Arthur Mornington, is the elder son of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington. Since 2014, following the succession of his father as Duke of Wellington, he is entitled to the courtesy title of Marquess of Douro but continues to use the title Earl of Mornington. The Wellesleys are an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. Through his mother, Antonia von Preussen, Duchess of Wellington, he is a great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a descendant of Queen Victoria, he is eligible to succeed to
Lord George Wellesley decorated with the Royal Humane Society Medal. He relinquished his commission in the RAFVR on 10 February 1954, retaining the rank of squadron leader. After the death of his first wife on 21 February 1947, Lord Arthur Wellesley married secondly Jean McGillivray, daughter of John McGillivray and Jane Ann Stuart, on 25 November 1955. He had a son, Richard, with his first wife. Lord Arthur Wellesley died on 31 July 1967. Lord George Wellesley Lord George Wellesley, MC (29 July 1889 – 31 July 1967) was an English soldier and airman. Wellesley was born on 29 July 1889, the son