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The title Earl of Mornington was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1760 for Garret Wellesley. On the death of the fifth earl it passed to the dukedom of Wellington, where it has remained. The subsidiary titles associated with this peerage are Viscount Wellesley (1760) and Baron Mornington (1746), both in the Peerage of Ireland.The second earl, Richard Wellesley, was created Baron Wellesley in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1797 and Marquess Wellesley in the Peerage of Ireland in 1799, which titles became extinct at his death. The third earl had been created Baron Maryborough in the Peerage of Ireland in 1821. This title became extinct on the death of his grandson the fifth earl.
1 Barons Mornington ( 1746)
2 Earls of Mornington and Viscounts Wellesley ( 1760)
- Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington ( 1735- 1784)
- Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington ( 1760- 1842), created Marquess Wellesley
- William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of MorningtonWilliam Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington ( 1763 1845) was an Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. Career He was educated at Eton ( 1774 1776) before entering the Royal Navy, where he served between 1778 and 1782. A Tory, ( 1763- 1845)
- William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington ( 1788- 1857)
- William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington ( 1813- 1863)
- Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington ( 1807- 1884)
for further succession, see Duke of Wellington
3 Barons Wellesley ( 1797) and Marquesses Wellesley ( 1799)
4 Barons Maryborough ( 1821)
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