Born: Ju­ly 19, 1735, Dang­an, Coun­ty Meath, Ire­land.

Died: May 22, 1781, Ken­sing­ton, Eng­land.

Buried: Grosvenor Cha­pel, South Aud­ley Street, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Wellesley at­tend­ed and lat­er taught at Dub­lin Un­i­ver­si­ty. His son be­came the first Duke of Well­ing­ton, and he him­self held the ti­tle of the Earl of Morn­ington. The fam­i­ly name was changed to Well­es­ley in 1798. He com­posed “Chant in E,” from which the tune “Morn­ing­ton” is ar­ranged.

Sources

Music

1. Morn­ington