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Wellesley

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Welles·ley  (wlzl), First Marquis. Title of Richard Colley Wellesley. 1760-1842.
British politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and sought reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland.
Wellesley [ˈwɛlzlɪ]
n
1. (Biographies) Arthur. See (1st Duke of) Wellington
2. (Biographies / Wellesley, Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley (1760-1842) M, British, POLITICS: administrator) his brother, Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley. 1760-1842, British administrator. As governor general of Bengal (1797-1805) he consolidated British power in India


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It has been my privilege to deliver addresses at many of our leading colleges including Harvard, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley, the University of Michigan, Trinity College in North Carolina, and many others.
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