What is Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Grace (style)|His Grace]] | name = The Duke of Wellington | honorific_suffix = | image = The 8th Duke of Wellington.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = The Duke of Wellington in 1986 | birth_name = Arthur Valerian Wellesley | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|df=yes|2014|12|31|1915|7|2}} }} | death_place = Stratfield Saye House | nationality = [[British]] | title=[[Duke of Wellington (title)|Duke of Wellington]] | predecessor = [[Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington|Gerald Wellesley]] | alma_mater = [[New College, Oxford]] | spouse = [[Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington|Diana McConnel]] (1922–2010) | parents = [[Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington]] <br>[[Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington|Dorothy Violet Ashton]] | children = [[Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington]] <br> Lord Richard Wellesley <br> Lady Jane Wellesley <br> Lord John Wellesley <br> Lord James Wellesley | module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= [[British Army]] |serviceyears= 1936–1968 |rank= [[Brigadier]] |unit= |commands=[[22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|22nd Armoured Brigade]]<br/>[[Household Cavalry Regiment]]<br/>[[Royal Horse Guards Regiment]] |battles=[[Second World War]] * [[North African Campaign]] [[Cyprus dispute]] |awards=[[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order]]<br/>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Military Cross]] |relations= }} }} [[Brigadier]] '''Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington''' (2 July 1915 – 31 December 2014), styled '''Marquess of Douro''' between 1943 and 1972, was a senior [[British people|British]] [[peer]] and a [[brigadier]] in the [[British Army]]. His main residence was [[Stratfield Saye House]] in [[Hampshire]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[New College, Oxford]]. He was a member of the [[House of Lords