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Mornington, Garrett Colley Wellesley, Earl of, 1735-1781

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Personal name headingMornington, Garrett Colley Wellesley, Earl of, 1735-1781
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Variant(s)Mornington, Earl of, 1735-1781
Mornington, Garret Wesley, Earl of, 1735-1781
Wellesley, Garrett Colley, Earl of Mornington, 1735-1781
Wesley, Garret, Earl of Mornington, 1735-1781
Wesley, Garret, Viscount Wellesley, 1735-1781
Wesley, Garrett, Earl of Mornington, 1735-1781
Birth date1735-07-19
Death date1781-5-22
Place of birthDublin (Ireland)
Place of deathKensington (London, England)
AffiliationIrish
Profession or occupationMusic teachers
Composers
Found inHis Here in cool grot and mossy cell, 182-?: caption (Earl of Mornington)
Ten Georgian glees, c1981: p. v (Garrett Colley Wellesley, first Earl of Mornington; b. 1735, d. 1781; Irish aristocrat and self-taught violinist, organist, and composer; MP for Trim, 1757; called to the House of Lords, 1758; professor of music at Trinity College, Dublin, 1764-1774)
New Grove (Mornington, Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of; b. 7-19-1735, Dublin; d. 5-22-1781, Kensington; Irish composer; named after Garret Wesley, a distant relative (surname changed to Wellesley after Earl's death); made Earl of Mornington and Viscount Wellesley, 10-2-1760)
Boylan. H. Dict. of Irish biog., 1978 (Wellesley or Wesley, Garrett, 1st Earl of Mornington)
NUC pre-1956 (hdg.: Mornington, Garrett Colley Wellesley, 1st Earl of, 1735-1781)
Associated languageeng