The Duke of Wellington | |
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![]() The Duke of Wellington, c. 1870 | |
Master of the Horse | |
In office 21 January 1853 – 21 February 1858 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston |
Preceded by | The Earl of Jersey |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Beaufort |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 14 September 1852 – 13 August 1884 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Duke of Wellington |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Duke of Wellington |
Member of Parliament for Norwich | |
In office 24 July 1837 – 7 July 1852 | |
Preceded by | William Murray |
Succeeded by | Edward Warner |
Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh | |
In office May 1829 – 8 December 1832 | |
Preceded by | Wyndham Lewis |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Harley Street, Soho, London, England | 3 February 1807
Died | 13 August 1884 Brighton Railway Station, Brighton, Sussex | (aged 77)
Spouse(s) | Lady Elizabeth Hay (1820–1904) |
Parent(s) | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hon. Catherine Pakenham |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (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.