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Who was Richard Wellesley's father?

  • 1st Duke of Wellington

  • 1st Earl of Mornington

  • 1st Viscount Dungannon

  • Sultan of Mysore

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Richard Wellesley's father was the 1st Earl of Mornington. Upon his father's death in 1781, Richard succeeded him as the 2nd Earl of Mornington.
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