About: Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington   Sponge Permalink

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Brigadier Sir Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, (born 2 July 1915), styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. He lost his membership of the House of Lords in the election under the House of Lords Act 1999.

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  • Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
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  • Brigadier Sir Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, (born 2 July 1915), styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. He lost his membership of the House of Lords in the election under the House of Lords Act 1999.
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Birth Date
  • 1915-07-02(xsd:date)
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Name
  • The Duke of Wellington
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  • 200(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • The Duke of Wellington
  • at Battlesbury Barracks, May 2006.
Alma mater
  • New College, Oxford
Birth Place
  • Rome, Italy
Title
Before
Years
  • 1968(xsd:integer)
  • 1972(xsd:integer)
After
Children
  • Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, Richard Wellesley, Jane Wellesley, John Wellesley, James Wellesley
honorific prefix
  • (His Grace)
Birth name
  • Arthur Valerian Wellesley
Parents
  • Dorothy Violet
  • Gerald Wellesley
Nationality
  • British
Predecessor
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  • Brigadier Sir Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, (born 2 July 1915), styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. He lost his membership of the House of Lords in the election under the House of Lords Act 1999. Apart from his British titles, he holds the hereditary titles of 8th Prince of Waterloo (Prins van Waterloo) of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and 8th Duke of the Victory (Duque da Vitória) of the Kingdom of Portugal with its subsidiary titles Marquis of Torres Vedras (Marquês de Torres Vedras) and Count of Vimeiro (Conde de Vimeiro). These were granted to the first Duke as victory titles for his distinguished services as victorious commanding general in the Peninsular War (in Spain and Portugal), and at the Battle of Waterloo (in what is now Belgium). The 8th Duke of Wellington was also the 9th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo) of the Kingdom of Spain, but on 10 March 2010 he ceded the Spanish Dukedom to his eldest child, Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro. In accordance with Spanish procedure, Lord Douro petitioned formal claim to the title with the Spanish authorities. King Juan Carlos of Spain, through his Minister, granted the succession of the dukedom to Douro by Royal Decree on 21 May 2010, reported officially in the Official Bulletin of State for 12 June 2010.
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