Henry Wellesley was a British scholar, who held senior positions at

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, and who is remembered for authoring several books.

Life

He was the fifth and last child of

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of M ...

and

Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Wellesley, Countess of Mornington (née Roland or Rolland; 5 November 1816) was a French actress who became the mistress, and later the wife, of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. As an actress, she was known as Gabri ...

. His parents married, but after all their children were born, so Wellesley's sons could not inherit his titles. He matriculated at

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in 1811, graduating B.A. in 1816 and M.A. in 1818. In 1816 he entered

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. Wellesley was Principal of Oxford University's

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, curator of the

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, curator of

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and Taylor Institute. Two of the books he is known for are ''Anthologica Polyglotta'' (1849) and ''Stray Notes of Shakespeare'' (1865).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellesley, Henry 1794 births 1866 deaths Younger sons of marquesses People associated with the University of Oxford People associated with the Bodleian Library People associated with the Ashmolean Museum Academics of the University of Oxford Principals of New Inn Hall, Oxford