Wellesley may refer to:

People

Dukes of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during t ...

(1769–1852), British soldier, statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom * Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), British politician * Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington (1846–1900), British soldier and politician * Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (1849–1934), British soldier * Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (1876–1941), British soldier * Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (1912–1943), British soldier * Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1885–1972), British soldier and diplomat * Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1915–2014), British soldier * Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (born 1945), British politician and a businessman

Barons Cowley (1828)

* Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773–1847) * Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley (1804–1884) (created Earl Cowley in 1857)

Earls Cowley (1857)

* Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (1804–1884) * William Henry Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley (1834–1895) * Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (1866–1919) * Christian Arthur Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (1890–1962) * Denis Arthur Wellesley, 5th Earl Cowley (1921–1968) * Richard Francis Wellesley, 6th Earl Cowley (1946–1975) * Garret Graham Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley (1934–2016) * Garret Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley (born 30 March 1965), styled Viscount Dangan from 1975 to 2016 The

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is the present holder's son Henry Arthur Peter Wellesley, Viscount Dangan (b. 1991).

Others, including relatives of Dukes

* Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (born 1978), British businessman * Lord Charles Wellesley (1808–1858), British politician * Charles Wellesley (1873–1946), American actor * Lady Charlotte Wellesley (born 1990), British producer and socialite * Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1820–1904), Mistress of the Robes * Lady Elizabeth Wellesley (1918–2013), British socialite * Lord George Wellesley (1889–1967), British soldier * Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1770–1848), Irish clergyman * Lady Jane Wellesley (born 1951), British writer and television producer * Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Irish peer, statesman, and Governor-General of India * Walter Wellesley (c. 1470–1539), prior of Great Connell priory and bishop of Kildare * Wellesley Wilson Staples, Canadian politician from Ontario

Places and institutions

Australia

* Wellesley, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Wellesley Islands, an island group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, and locality in the Shire of Mornington ** South Wellesley Islands, an island group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, and locality in the Shire of Mornington ** West Wellesley Islands, an island group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, and locality in the Shire of Mornington

Canada

* Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, a township * Wellesley (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, Ontario

Malaysia

* Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia, known in Malay as Seberang Prai

New Zealand

* Wellesley College, New Zealand, private boys-only independent primary school in New Zealand

United States

* Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States ** Wellesley College, private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts ** Wellesley High School, public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts

Ships

* HMS ''Wellesley'', name of two Royal Navy ships

Other uses

* Wellesley & Co., Founded in November 2013, Wellesley provides asset-backed loans secured on residential property. * The Vickers Wellesley, 1930s single-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force * Wellesley marriage, defunct term for (not necessarily sexual) same-sex cohabitation, see Boston marriage {{disambiguation, geo, surname