Wellington (disambiguation)
Wellington is New Zealand's capital city.
Wellington may also refer to:
People
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British commander at Waterloo and Prime Minister
- Duke of Wellington (title), subsequent dukes of Wellington
- Chrissie Wellington (born 1977), English triathlete
- George Wellington (disambiguation), several people
- Harry H. Wellington (1926–2011), Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and of New York Law School (1992–2000)
- Lydia Wellington, New York City Ballet dancer
- Wellington Albert (born 1994), Papua New Guinean Rugby League player
- Wellington Koo (1887–1985), Chinese diplomat
- Wellington Mara (1916–2006), American NFL team owner
- Wellington Masakadza (born 1993), Zimbabwean cricketer
- ʻUelingatoni Ngū (1854–1885), Tongan crown prince from 1879 to 1885, commonly known as "Wellington Ngu"
- Wellington (footballer), Brazilian footballers named Wellington
Armed forces
- HMNZS Wellington, Royal New Zealand Navy ships named Wellington
- HMS Duke of Wellington, at least two ships
- HMS Wellington, one of several Royal Navy vessels
- Vickers Wellington, British medium bomber used in the Second World War
- The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, former infantry regiment in the British Army
Places
Australia
- Fort Wellington, Australia, Northern Territory
- Wellington Park, Tasmania, a locality
- Wellington Park, a protected area
- Wellington Range
- Mount Wellington, Tasmania
- Shire of Wellington, Victoria
- Wellington, New South Wales
- Wellington Range, Northern Territory
- Wellington Secondary College
- Wellington, South Australia
Canada
- Wellington (Manitoba provincial electoral district), electoral district of Manitoba
- Wellington (Ontario provincial electoral district), defunct electoral district of Ontario
- Wellington, British Columbia, Nanaimo Regional District
- Wellington, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Wellington, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Wellington, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in Yarmouth County
- Wellington, Queens, Nova Scotia in the Region of Queens Municipality
- Wellington, Prince Edward Island
- Wellington County, Ontario, which encompasses the townships of Centre Wellington, Ontario and Wellington North, Ontario
- Wellington, Ontario, town in Prince Edward County, Ontario
- Wellington (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta
- Wellington Bay, Nunavut, Canada
- Wellington Parish, New Brunswick
Chile
- Little Wellington Island, Aisén Region
- Wellington Island, Magallanes Region
New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand's capital city
- Mount Wellington, Auckland
South Africa
- Wellington, Western Cape, Western Cape Province
Settlements
- Wellington, Cumbria
- Wellington, Herefordshire
- Wellington, Shropshire
- Wellington, Somerset, from which the title Duke of Wellington is taken - he became a Lord of the Manor for part of the parish
- Calstone Wellington, Wiltshire
- Wellington Court, Weymouth, Dorset
Constituencies
Schools and clubs
- Wellington College Belfast
- Wellington College, Berkshire
- Wrekin College
- Wellington School, Ayr
- Wellington School, Somerset
- Wellington Club, private members club in London
United States
- Wellington, Alabama
- Wellington, Colorado
- Wellington, Florida
- Wellington, Illinois
- Wellington, Kansas
- Wellington, Kentucky, in Jefferson County
- Wellington, Menifee County, Kentucky
- Wellington, Maine
- Wellington, Michigan
- Wellington, Missouri
- Wellington, Nevada
- Wellington, Ohio
- Wellington, Texas
- Wellington, Utah
- Wellington, Washington
- Wellington, Wisconsin
- Wellington Township (disambiguation)
Other uses
Clothing and food
- Wellington boot, a type of boot
- Beef Wellington, a dish of beef, pâté and duxelles, wrapped in puff pastry
Commerce
- Wellington Fund, balanced mutual fund from the Vanguard group
- Wellington Management Company, Boston-based investment management firm
- Wellington Partners Venture Capital, pan-European venture capital firm
Companies
- The Wellington Piano Company, which later became a subsidiary of the Cable Piano Company
Fiction
- Name of the orphan boy in the British comic strip The Perishers
- Character in The Wombles, a series of books and a children's TV series based on them
- Name of the dog in the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- "Throat-Slasher" Wellington, a character cliché of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the Blackadder the Third episode "Duel and Duality"
Stations
Transportation
- Wellington was the name of three British locomotives
- One of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
- The second name of one of the GWR 4073 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1924 and 1967
- One of the SR V Schools class locomotives that were built for and run on the Southern Railway between 1930 and 1962
See also
- List of monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Wellington Brewery, a Canadian brewery
- Willingdon (disambiguation)
- Welly (disambiguation)
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