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Henry Wellesley

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Application Last Amended: 10 May 2026
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Also Known As

Henry Wesley

Born: 20 January 1773

Died: 27 April 1847

Peerages

1st Baron Cowley of Wellesley - 21 January 1828

Knighted - 1812

Member of Privy Council - 1809

husband of Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil

son-in-law of Charles Sloane Cadogan

husband of Lady Charlotte Cadogan

son of Garret Wesley

son-in-law of James Cecil

brother of Arthur Wellesley

brother of William Wellesley-Pole

father-in-law of Robert Grosvenor

Education

Eton College

Diplomat

Elections fought

7 May 1807		Eye
25 May 1807		Athlone	Tory	Unopposed
1807 Hon Henry Wellesley elects to sit for Eye.