Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (14 July 1912 – 16 September 1943), styled as Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941, was a British peer and politician.
[2][3] He died, aged 31, on 16 September 1943, during the Second World War, from wounds received in action while leading a group of Commandos.
The Duke was among the fatalities: leading a charge against a machine-gun post he was hit by a sustained burst from an MG 42.
[5] His probates (one for his current and future-valued interest in the settled [entrusted] land, one for the rest) were resworn the next year at a total of £90,838 (equivalent to about £5,200,000 in 2023).
[6] As he died without issue and was the only son of his father, he was succeeded in the peerage by his uncle, Lord Gerald Wellesley.