Wellesley,First Marquis

Wellesley,First Marquis
Welles·ley (wĕlzʹlē), First Marquis Title of Richard Colley Wellesley. 1760-1842.
British politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland.

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