Social Victorians/People/Cowley

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Wellesley
  • Earl Cowley (created in 1857)
    • Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (1857 – 15 July 1884)
    • William Henry Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley (15 July 1884 – 1895)
    • Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (1895 – 1919)
  • Viscount Dangan (a subsidiary title of the Earl of Cowley
    • William Henry Wellesley (– 15 July 1884)
    • Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, Earl Cowley (15 July 1884 – 1895)

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality:

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (17 June 1804 – 15 July 1884)
  • Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald Wellesley (d. 1885)
  1. William Henry Wellesley, Viscount Dangan and 2nd Earl Cowley (1834–1895)
  2. Total 2 daughters and 3 sons
  3. Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley (1838–1920)


  • Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley (1866–1919)
  • Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson (4 December 1872 – 29 November 1952)[1]
    1. Hon. Henry Gerald Valerian Francis Wellesley (8 August 1907 – 25 December 1981)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1905 December 14, Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson and Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley married in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon).[2]

Questions and Notes[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  1. "Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2912.htm#i29114.
  2. "Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2912.htm#i29114.