William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington
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William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley was born on 7 October 1813 at Wanstead House Essex. From 1845, when his father inherited the Earldom of Mornington, until his father's death in 1857, he was styled Viscount Wellesley. He became fifth Earl of Mornington on 1 July 1857.
He inherited from his mother, formerly Lady Catherine Tylney-Long, the remaining estates at Wanstead, also Tylney Hall and Athelhampton.
In 1848, despite opposition from his father, he sold Athelhampton which had been purchased by Sir Robert Long 1st Baronet of Westminster, in 1665.
William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley died unmarried in Paris on 25 July 1863 from cancer of the tongue, and is buried at Draycot Cerne in Wiltshire.
He was succeeded as sixth Earl of Mornington by his cousin the second Duke of Wellington.
