Wellesley
Arthur, Wellington, 1st Duke of.
his brother, Robert Colley
[kol-ee] /ˈkɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1st Marquis, 1760–1842, British statesman and administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of India 1797–1805.
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
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The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) Charles C. F. Greville
noun
Arthur. See (1st Duke of) Wellington2
his brother, Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley. 1760–1842, British administrator. As governor general of Bengal (1797–1805) he consolidated British power in India
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