years, and was eventually created Earl Cowley. Another son, Gerald Valerian Wellesley, became Dean of Windsor. His second son William became a captain in the Royal Navy. References External links 1773 births 1847 deaths 19th-century Irish people Politicians from County Kildare Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France Irish diplomats Irish expatriates in the Netherlands Irish expatriates in Sweden Irish expatriates in France Irish expatriates in India Irish expatriates in Spain Irish expatriates in England Diplomatic peers Grenadier Guards officers H Irish MPs 1790–1797 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath People educated at Eton College South Lancashire Regiment officers Wellesley, Henry Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Athlone Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs who were granted peerages Peers of the United Kingdom created by George IV Ambassadors of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Spain