Arthur Charles (5th Duke of Wellington) Wellesley

1876 - 1941  (65 years)

• Name	Arthur Charles (5th Duke of Wellington) Wellesley
  Birth	9 Jun 1876
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Dec 1941
  Person ID	I79024	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Arthur (4th Duke of Wellington) Wellesley,   b. 15 Mar 1849   d. 18 Jun 1934 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams,   b. Abt 1749   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	24 Oct 1872
  Family ID	F28854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lilian Maud Glen Coats,   b. Abt 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1909
  Children	1. Anne Maud Rhys, (7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo) Wellesley,   b. 2 Feb 1910   d. 1998 (Age 87 years)   2. Henry Valerian George (6th Duke of Wellington) Wellesley,   b. 14 Jul 1912   d. 16 Sep 1943 (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F28856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2016

  
  

• Notes

  He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment, and in January 1900 joined the Grenadier Guards as Second lieutenant. With the Grenadier Guards, he fought in the Boer War in 1900, but resigned his commission in 1903. He returned to active service as a temporary reserve second lieutenant in 1915, during World War I, and relinquished his commission in 1919, still a second lieutenant.