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Families covered: Wellesley of Mornington, Wellesley of Wellington

                               
Richard Colley, later Wesley, 1st Lord Mornington (d 31.01.1758)
Richard inherited the estates of Dangan and Mornington from his maternal cousin, Garret Wesley of Dangan and Mornington.
m. (23.12.1719) Elizabeth Sale (d 17.06.1838, dau of John Sale, MP for Carysfort)
1. Garret Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (b 19.07.1735, d 22.05.1781)
  m. (06.02.1759) Anne Hill-Trevor (b 23.06.1742, d 10.12.1831, dau of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon)
  A. Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley (b 20.06.1760, d 17.12.1853)
  BP1934 & TCP (Wellington) identify Richard's 1st wife (previously mistress ) as Hyacinthe Gabrielle, dau of Pierre Roland of Paris. However, it has been reported that she was illegitimate, being ...
  p./m1. (29.11.1794) Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland (b c1759, d 05.11.1816, illegitimate dau of Christopher Alexander Fagan)
  BP1934 (Wellington) reports that Richard "had no legitimate issue". TCP (Wellington) reports that he had several children by Hyacinthe before they married.
i. Anne Wellesley (b c1788, d 19.03.1875) apparently of this generation§R§
  m1. (03.07.1806, div 1816) Sir William Abdy, 7th Bart of Felix Hall (b 1779, dsp 16.04.1868)
  m2. (23.07.1816) William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (b 03.10.1780, d 28.04.1826, Lt. Colonel)
  ii.+ other issue
  m2. (29.10.1825, sp) Marianne Caton (b c1790, d 17.12.1853, dau of Richard Caton of Philadelphia or Baltimore (by Mary, dau of Charles Carroll of Carrolstown, Maryland), widow of Robert Patterson)
  B. William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington (b 20.05.1763, d 22.02.1845)
  m. (17.05.1784) Katharine Elizabeth Forbes (b c1760, d 23.10.1851, dau of Hon John Forbes, Admiral)
  i. William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (b 22.06.1788, d 01.07.1857)
m1. (14.03.1812) Catherine Tylney-Long (b 1789, d 12.09.1825, dau of Sir James Tylney-Long, Bart of Draycot)
  a. William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (b 07.10.1813, d unm 25.07.1863)
  b. James FitzRoy Henry William Pole-Wellesley (b 11.08.1815, d unm 30.10.1851)
  c. Victoria Catherine Mary Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (b 29.5.1818, d 29.03.1897)
  m2. (10.11.1828) Helena Paterson (d 07.04.1869, dau of Thomas Paterson, Colonel)
  ii. Mary Charlotte Anne Pole-Wellesley (d 02.02.1845)
  m. (22.07.1806) Hon Sir Charles Bagot (d 19.05.1843)
  iiii. Emily Harriet Pole-Wellesley (d 06.03.1881)
  m. (13.03.1814) FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, Field Marshal (b 30.09.1788, d Crimea 28.06.1555)
  iv. Priscilla Anne Pole-Wellesley (d 18.02.1879)
  m. (26.06.1811) John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (b 03.02.1784, d 16.10.1859, General)
C. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (b 29.04.1769, d 14.09.1852, Prime Minister, Field Marshal) had issue§A§E
  m. (10.04.1806) Catherine Pakenham (d 25.04.1831, dau of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Lord Longford)
  D. Gerald Valerian Wellesley (b 07.12.1770, d 24.10.1848, chaplain to the Queen)
  m. (02.06.1802) Emily Mary Cadogan (b 26.05.1778, d 22.12.1839, dau of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan)
  i. Arthur Richard Wellesley (b 1804, d 21.08.1830)
  ii. William Henry Charles Wellesley (b 14.02.1813, d 14.11.1888) had issue
  m. (01.11.1849) Jane Malet Hayden (dau of Thomas Hayden)
  iii. Sir George Grenville Wellesley (b 02.08.1814, d 06.04.1901) had issue
  m. (25.10.1853) Elizabeth Doughty Lukin (d 09.01.1906, dau of Robert Lukin)
iv. Emily Anne Charlotte Wellesley (d 22.10.1876)
  m. (26.01.1836) Hon. Robert Liddell (d 29.06.1888, Rev)
  v. Georgiana Henrietta Louisa Wellesley (d 01.03.1879)
  m. (21.04.1827) George Darby St. Quintin of St. Leonards (dsp 22.12.1872)
  vi. Mary Sarah Wellesley (d 11.02.1873)
  m. (12.07.1836) Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (b 15.02.1812, d 08.06.1873)
  vii. Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley (d 12.07.1883)
  m. (11.05.1842) Hon. George Augustus Liddell (d 14.12.1888)
  E. Henry Wellesley, 1st Lord Cowley (b 20.01.1773, d 27.04.1847)
  m1. (20.09.1803, div 1810) Charlotte Cadogan (d 08.07.1853, dau of Charles, 1st Earl Cadogan)
  i. Henry Richard Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (b 17.06.1804, d 15.07.1884) had issue
  m. (23.10.1833) Olivia Cecilia (b c1807, d 21.04.1885, dau of Charlotte, Baroness de Ros)
  ii. William Henry George Wellesley (b 02.02.1806, d 21.12.1875) had issue
  m. (12.07.1842) Amelia St. John Niblock (d 03.10.1889, dau of Rev Joseph White Niblock)
iii. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of Windsor (d 17.09.1882)
  m. (16.09.1856) Magdalen Montagu (d 30.09.1919, dau of Henry Montagu, 6th Lord Rokeby of Armagh)
  a. Albert Victor Arthur Wellesley (b 04.07.1865, d unm 23.03.1883)
  iv. Charlotte Arbuthnott Wellesley (b 25.01.1808, d 21.11.1891)
  m. (17.05.1831) Robert Grosvenor, 1st Lord Ebury (b 24.04.1801, d 18.11.1893)
  m2. (27.02.1816) Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil (d 18.01.1860, dau of James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury)
  v. Georgiana Charlotte Mary Wellesley (d 02.08.1878)
  m. (09.12.1848) Henry, Lord Dalling and Bulwer (dsp 23.05.1872)
  F. Anne Wellesley (d 16.12.1844)
  m1. (04/7.01.1790) Henry FitzRoy (b 13.09.1765, 19.03.1794)
  m2. (02.08.1799) Charles Culling Smith of Hampton (d 26.05.1853)
2. Elizabeth Wellesley (b c1720, d 10.10.1752)
  m. (09.04.1743) Chichester Fortescue of Dromisken (b 05.06.1718, d 16.07.1757)
3. Frances Wellesley
  m. (1750) William Francis Crosbie (d 11.09.1768)
  A. Elizabeth Crobie
  m. (20.01.1775) Clotworthy Rowley (d 1781, Major)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Wellington), BP1934 (Cowley)
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