Thomas Campbell,
Once a Week, Series 1, Volume I…
(1859)
“ Birthplace of the Duke of Wellington.— If it be legally as well as poetically true that “every child that’s born at sea belongs to the parish of Stepney,” we congratulate the good people of Stepney on a somewhat distinguished parishioner. It has always been stated that the great Duke of Wellington was born either at Lord Mornington’s residence in Dublin, or at Dangan Castle, county Meath ”
