Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley , Venn's entry reads: WESLEY (post WELLESLEY), The Hon GERALD VALERIAN College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Easter, 1789 Born: Died: Oct. 24, 1848 Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 15, 1788. [4th s. of Garrett, 1st Earl of Mornington (and the Hon. Anne Hill, dau. of Arthur, 1st Viscount Dungannon). B. Dec. 7, 1770, in Dublin.] School, Eton. Matric. Easter, 1789; M.A. 1792. D.D., Lambeth, 1810. Ord. deacon (Ely), Dec. 8, 1793; priest (Lincoln), Dec. 21, 1794; Chaplain at Hampton Court, 1793-1848. Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1794-8. Changed his name to Wellesley, c. 1798. R. of Beachampton, Bucks., 1794-8. R. of Hampton, Middlesex, 1798-1803. R. of Staines, 1799-1809. Preb. of Westminster, 1802-9. V. of Chaddleworth, Berks., 1803-5. R. of St Luke's, with Holy Trinity, Chelsea, 1805-32. V. of West Ham, Essex, 1808-9. Preb. and Canon of St Paul's, 1809-48. R. of Therfield, Herts., 1822-32. R. of Bishop Wearmouth, Co. Durham, and Canon of Durham, 1827-48. Married, June 2, 1802, at St George's, Hanover Square, the Hon. Lady Emily Mary Cadogan, eldest dau. of Charles Sloane, 1st Earl Cadogan. Died Oct. 24, 1848; buried in Durham Cathedral. Brother of the Duke of Wellington (1835). (Eton Coll. Reg.; St John'sColl. Adm., IV. 546; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1848, II. 649.)
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