The engagement has been announced between Arthur Gerald Wellesley, styled Earl of Mornington (born 31 January, 1978), elder son and heir of the 9th Duke of Wellington, OBE, DL (born 19 Aug, 1945), of Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, and Apsley House London, and his wife the Princess Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Luise von Preussen (born 28 Apr, 1955), & Hayley Elizabeth Whitehead (born Feb, 1986).
Arthur does not use the courtesy title Marquess of Douro, and retains the style Earl of Mornington that was his from his birth. He married firstly in Barbados, 4 June, 2005, Jemma Madeleine Kidd (born 20 Sept, 1974), elder daughter of John Edward Aitken Kidd (born 12 Dec, 1944), and his wife the former Wendy Madeleine Hodge (born 8 Nov, 1941), daughter of Sir John Rowland Hodge, 2nd Bt (1913-1995).
The Earl of Mornington and his first wife have issue:-
Arthur Darcy Wellesley, a future Duke of Wellington (born 4 Jan, 2010)
Lady Mae Madeleine Wellesley (twin witgh her brother)
Lord Alfred Wellesley (born Dec, 2014)
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