Line of Succession
- Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (b. 1945) (eldest son of the 8th Duke)
- Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (b. 1978) (eldest son of Lord Douro)
- Arthur Darcy Wellesley, Viscount Wellesley (b. 2010) (only son of Lord Mornington)
- Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley (b. 1992) (second and youngest son of Lord Douro)
- Lord Richard Gerald Wellesley (b. 1949) (second son of the 8th Duke)
- Lord John Henry Wellesley (b. 1954) (third son of the 8th Duke)
- Gerald Valerian Wellesley (b. 1981) (only son of Lord John)
- Lord James Christopher Douglas Wellesley (b. 1965) (fourth and youngest son of the 8th Duke)
- Oliver Valerian Wellesley (b. 2005) (only son of Lord James)
- Thomas Richard Henry Wellesley (b. 2000) (great-grandson of Lord George Wellesley, fourth and youngest son of the 4th Duke)
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