Wellington (disambiguation)

Wellington is New Zealand's capital city.

Wellington may also refer to:

People

• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British commander at Waterloo
• Duke of Wellington (title), subsequent dukes of Wellington
• Chrissie Wellington (born 1977), English triathlete
• George Wellington (disambiguation), several people
• Harry Hillel Wellington (born 1926), Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and of New York Law School (1992–2000)
• Lydia Wellington, New York City Ballet dancer
• Wellington Koo (1887–1985), Chinese diplomat
• Wellington (footballer), Brazilian footballers named Wellington

Military

• HMNZS Wellington, Royal New Zealand Navy ships named Wellington
• HMS Duke of Wellington, at least two ships
• HMS Wellington, Royal Navy Grimsby class sloop
• Vickers Wellington, British medium bomber used in World War II
• The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, former infantry regiment in the British Army

Places

Australia

• Fort Wellington, Australia, Northern Territory
• Mount Wellington, Tasmania
• Shire of Wellington, Victoria
• Wellington, New South Wales
• Wellington, South Australia
• Wellington Secondary College

Canada

• Wellington (Manitoba riding), electoral district of Manitoba
• 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 emcompasses 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

India

• Wellington, Tamil Nadu
• Wellington Cantonment

New Zealand

• Wellington, New Zealand's capital city
  • Wellington City Council
  • Wellington Region
  • Wellington Province
  • Wellington (New Zealand electorate)
  • Wellington Suburbs (disambiguation), various places
• Mount Wellington, Auckland

South Africa

• Wellington, Western Cape, Western Cape Province

United Kingdom

Settlements

• Wellington, Cumbria
• Wellington, Herefordshire
• Wellington, Shropshire
• Wellington, Somerset, for which the title Duke of Wellington is named
• Calstone Wellington, Wiltshire

Constituencies

• Wellington (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
• Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 of America

• Wellington, Colorado
• Wellington, Florida
• Wellington, Illinois
• Wellington, Kansas
• Wellington, Kentucky, in Jefferson County
• Wellington, Menifee County, Kentucky
• Wellington, Maine
• Wellington, Missouri
• Wellington, Nevada
• Wellington, Ohio
• Wellington, Texas
• Wellington, Utah
• Wellington, Washington
  • Wellington, Washington avalanche
• Wellington, Wisconsin
• Wellington Township (disambiguation)

Other uses

Clothing and food

• Wellington boot, a type of boot
• Beef Wellington, a dish of beef, pâté, duxelles and 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 subsidy 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 base 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. Played by Stephen Fry.

Stations

• Wellington (CTA), rapid transit station on the CTA Brown Line in Chicago, Illinois
• Wellington (MBTA station), rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line located in Medford, Massachusetts

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

• Wellington Monument (disambiguation), monuments to Wellington
• Wellington Brewery, a Canadian brewery
• Willingdon (disambiguation)
• Welly (disambiguation)