Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
(1760-1842), Politician and Governor-General of India; brother of WellingtonRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 19 portraits
Brother of the Duke of Wellington, Richard Colley Wellesley played a vital role in the consolidation of British rule in India during the Regency. In 1793 he became a commissioner of the Board of Control for India, and in 1797 was appointed Governor-General. Wellesley pursued an aggressive policy of expansion, partly in order to reduce the French presence. He also sought to establish an Indian civil service college in Calcutta, but the scheme was rejected. In 1802 he refused to implement the British government's order to restore Indian territories to France and was recalled under threat of impeachment in 1805. He was later a Foreign Secretary and served twice as Viceroy of Ireland.
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Ozias Humphry
pencil, chalk and watercolour, 1783
NPG 5894
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by John Bacon the Younger
marble bust, circa 1808
NPG 992
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by John Philip Davis ('Pope' Davis)
watercolour, circa 1815
NPG 847
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by John Philip Davis ('Pope' Davis)
oil on canvas, circa 1835-1860
NPG 846
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley as a boy
by Henry Bone, after Richard Crosse
pen and ink, (1767)
NPG D17412
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, (circa 1811)
NPG D37638
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1815
NPG D37636
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Unknown engraver
mezzotint, 1820 or after
NPG D15008
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Henry Meyer, after Andrew Robertson
stipple engraving, published 1827
NPG D37637
A Political Concatination [Concatenation]
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 December 1833
NPG D41224
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 December 1833
NPG D41226
The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832
by William Walker, by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Samuel William Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1836
NPG D10714
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by G. Adcock, published by Fisher Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, 1839
NPG D21599
Lady Mornington; 1st Duke of Wellington; Marquess Wellesley; 3rd Lord Monington
by Thomas Hodgetts, published by Welch & Gwynne, after Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), Countess of Westmorland
mezzotint, published 1 January 1839
NPG D15206
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by Richard James Lane, printed by C. Graf, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (1842)
NPG D46280
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
by J.T. Wedgwood, and by F.F. Walker, printed by S.H. Hawkins, after Henry Weekes
engraving, (1845)
NPG D37639
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley when 2nd Earl of Mornington
by Sir Emery Walker, after Richard Cosway
photogravure, late 19th-early 20th century (1783)
NPG D7595
Related People
- Mary Sarah (née Wellesley), Countess Cadogan (niece)
- Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (nephew)
- Hyacinthe Mary Littleton (née Wellesley), Lady Hatherton (daughter)
- Edward Johnstone (son)
- Anne Wellesley (née Hill), Countess of Mornington (mother)
- William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (brother)
- William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (nephew)
- Richard Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Baron Mornington (grandfather)
- Marianne Wellesley (née Caton), Marchioness Wellesley (wife)
- Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley (nephew)
- Henry Wellesley (son)
- Richard Wellesley (son)
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (brother)
- Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), Countess of Westmorland (niece)
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