Lives of the First World War

Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (9 June 1876 – 11 December 1941) was the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, and Kathleen Bulkeley Williams. He attended Eton and Trinity College Cambridge. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment, and in January 1900 joined the Grenadier Guards as Second lieutenant. He fought in the Boer War in 1900, but resigned his commission in 1903. He returned to active service as a temporary reserve second lieutenant in 1915, during World War I. In 1934 he succeeded to the Dukedom. Wellington married Hon. Lilian Maud Glen Coats. They had two children. The Duke was a supporter of several far right-wing causes. He was a member of the Anglo-German Fellowship from 1935 and served as President of the Liberty Restoration League, which was anti-Semitic.