Lt.-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884) was a soldier and British nobleman. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Kitty Pakenham, daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, and succeeded his father in 1852. In 1853 he was made a Privy Councillor and a Knight of the Garter in 1858. In 1863 he inherited the Irish title of Earl of Mornington from his cousin. In 1839 he had married Lady Elizabeth Hay, but they had no children, so at his death he was succeeded in his titles by his nephew, Henry.
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On his father's death: "Think what it will be when the Duke of Wellington is announced and only I come in."
