William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
(1763-1845), Conservative politician; MP for Trim, East Looe and Queen's CountyRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 5 portraits
Statesman and brother of the Duke of Wellington. Wellesley-Pole was a mainstay of successive Tory administrations as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1809-12) and Master of the Royal Mint (1814-23).
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1811
NPG 5060
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
by Benedetto Pistrucci
bronze medal, 1823
NPG 6080
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington ('A Bright Thought')
by John ('HB') Doyle
lithograph, circa 1829
NPG D40977
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
Related People
- Mary Sarah (née Wellesley), Countess Cadogan (niece)
- Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (nephew)
- Hyacinthe Mary Littleton (née Wellesley), Lady Hatherton (niece)
- Anne Wellesley (née Hill), Countess of Mornington (mother)
- William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (son)
- Richard Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Baron Mornington (grandfather)
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (brother)
- Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley (nephew)
- Henry Wellesley (nephew)
- Richard Wellesley (nephew)
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (brother)
- Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), Countess of Westmorland (daughter)
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