Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858 he was made a Knight of the Garter. Wellesley was born at Harley Street, Marylebone, London, the
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