Henry Wellesley (1794–1866)
{{Short description|British scholar}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1794}}
| birth_place = Park Lane, London
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| nationality = British
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| occupation = Anglican cleric and university academic
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The Rev. Lord Henry Wellesley was a British scholar, who held senior positions at Oxford University, and who is remembered for writing several books.
Life
He was the fifth and last child of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland. His parents married, but after all their children were born, so Wellesley's sons could not inherit his titles. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1811, graduating B.A. in 1816 and M.A. in 1818. In 1816 he entered Lincoln's Inn.{{alox2|title=Wellesley, Henry}}
Wellesley was Principal of Oxford University's New Inn Hall, curator of the Bodleian Library, curator of Ashmolean Museum and Taylor Institute.
Two of the books he is known for are Anthologica Polyglotta (1849) and Stray Notes of Shakespeare (1865).
References
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{{cite web
| url = http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=103288
| title = Dr Rev Henry Wellesley (Biographical details)
| work = British Museum
| access-date = 2018-05-25
| quote = Son of Marquess Richard Wellesley (q.v.) a\nd Hyacinth Roland (q.v). Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, curator of the Bodleian Library, curator of Ashmolean Museum and Taylor Institute.
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{{cite news
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YLQAAAAAYAAJ&q=Henry+Wellesley+%281794%E2%80%931866%29%2C+Principal+of+New+Inn+Hall%2C+Oxford.&pg=PA552
| title = A Compendium of Irish Biography: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, and of Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office Or by Their Writings
| author = Alfred Webb
| publisher = M.H. Gill & son
| year = 1878
| access-date = 2018-05-25
| quote = The Marquis left no legitimate children. His son Henry Wellesley, D.D. (born 1792; died 1866), Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, the author of several works, was a man of the most cultivated tastes; his knowledge of Spanish and Italian art and literature {{'}}was supreme{{'}}.
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{{cite book
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t_1MAQAAMAAJ&q=Henry+Wellesley+%281794%E2%80%931866%29%2C+Principal+of+New+Inn+Hall%2C+Oxford.&pg=PA902
| title = Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Volume 12
|author=John McClintock |author2=James Strong
| publisher = Harper & Brothers
| year = 1891
| page = 902
| access-date = 2018-05-25
| quote = He was the author of Anthologica Polyglotta; or, A Selection of Versions in Various Languages, Chiefly from the Greek Anthology (1849);--and Stray Notes of Shakespeare (1865).
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Category:Younger sons of marquesses
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:People associated with the Bodleian Library
Category:People associated with the Ashmolean Museum