Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington

Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (14 July 1912 – 16 September 1943), styled as Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941, was a British peer and politician.
Life and career.
He was the younger child and only son of Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, the Hon. Lilian Maud Glen Coats (elder daughter of George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar). On 14 October 1933, he received a commission as a reserve second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and he received a regular commission in the same rank in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 13 November 1935.
He died, aged 31, on 16 September 1943, during the Second World War, from wounds received in action while leading a group of Commandos. He is buried in the British Salerno War Cemetery,
As he died without issue and was the only son of his father, he was succeeded in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peerage]] by his uncle, [[Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington|Lord Gerald Wellesley]]. His sister [[Anne Rhys, 7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo|Anne]] succeeded him as 7th [[Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo]].
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