Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978 in Paddington, Middlesex) is the son of Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, and after his father heir to the Dukedom of Wellington. Through his mother, HRH Princess Antonia of Prussia, he is a descendant of Queen Victoria, a great-great-grandson of Wilhelm II of Germany and is 356th in the line of succession to the British Throne. Educated at Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford (obtaining a first-class degree) and Columbia Business School, he has worked in private equity. He married Jemma Madeleine Kidd (born 1974), great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook, on 4 June 2005 at St James' Church on Barbados. Due to this marriage Jemma acquires the courtesy title of Countess of Mornington.
| Preceded by Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro |
Line of succession to the British throne | Succeeded by Lord Frederick Wellesley |
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| Preceded by John Carew-Pole |
Page of Honour to The Queen Mother 1993–1995 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lumley |
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| Arundel · March and Kinrara · Euston · Burford · Dalkeith · Percy · Grosvenor · Southesk · Ulster · St Andrews · Wiltshire · Aboyne · Kerry · Yarmouth · Tyrone · Hillsborough · Belfast · Bective · Compton · Brecknock · Uxbridge · Mount Charles · Cardigan · Mulgrave · Ronaldshay · Hopetoun · Haddo · Medina · Sunderland · Glamorgan · Strathtay · Mornington *Current courtesy earls, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest |
