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| | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Believed to have been born in either Dublin, or at his families lands in County Meath Ireland, the third son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, his exact date of birth is a matter of some contention. |
 | | The next year, his elder brother, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess WellesleyRichard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, was appointed Governor-General of India, and when war broke out in 1799 against the Sultan of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, Arthur Wellesley commanded a division of his own. |
 | | For this, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdompeerage as Viscount Wellington, of Talavera and of Wellington in the County of Somerset. |
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