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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
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Born 1 May 1769 · Died 14 September 1852 · Q131691
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First, because I am not afraid of them, as everybody else seems to be; and secondly, because if what I hear of their system of manoeuvre is true, I think it a false one against steady troops. I suspect that all the continental armies were more than half beaten before the battle was begun - I, at least, will not be frightened beforehand.
I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life
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“First, because I am not afraid of them, as everybody else seems to be; and secondly, because if what I hear of their system of manoeuvre is true, I think it a false one against steady troops. I suspect that all the continental armies were more than half beaten before the battle was begun - I, at least, will not be frightened beforehand.”
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
“I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life”
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“half a lifetime together, they had come to understand each other at the end”
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“We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers”
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Was number 15 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons
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Died 1852-09-14.
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Wellington served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford
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Wellington, by then very deaf, gave Derby's first government its nickname by shouting "Who
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It was reported that Dangan was unanimously believed to have been the place of his birth, though suggested it was unlikely, but not impossible, that the family had travelled to Dublin for his baptism
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“Opis: prośba o ponowne stawienie czoła Napoleonowi I Bonaparte, który uciekł z wyspy Elba.”
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“Opis: Anne Hill Wellesley, lady Mornington (matka Arthura Wellesleya)”
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It was discovered that there were a great many sparrows flying about in the Crystal Palace just before the Great Exhibition was to open
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Although he remained Commander-in-Chief, and returned briefly to the public eye in 1848 when he helped organise a military force to protect London during the year of European revolution
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And remained Commander-in-Chief of the Forces until his death in 1852
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With Wellington and most of the former Cabinet still supporting Peel, but most of the MPs led by Lord Derby supporting a protectionist stance
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Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1841–1846).
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Wellington declined to become prime minister because he thought membership in the House of Commons had become essential
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Career landmark: Home Secretary (1834–1834).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1834–1835).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1834).
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1834–1835).
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Career landmark: Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1834–1852).
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And Wellington was unable to form a Tory Government partly because of a run on the Bank of England
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Career landmark: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1829–1852).
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Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1828–1830).
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1828–1830).
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Career landmark: Constable of the Tower (1826–1852).
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One liaison came back to haunt him, when Wellington received a letter from a publisher, John Joseph Stockdale, offering to refrain from issuing an edition of the rather racy memoirs of one of his mistresses, Harriette Wi
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A botched operation on his left ear led to permanent deafness on that side and some contemporaries suggested that he never fully recovered his health
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Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (1820–1852).
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Career landmark: Master-General of the Ordnance (1819–1827).
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The prime minister Lord Liverpool invited Wellington to take up the position of Master-General of the Ordnance in his ministry, a position that the Earl of Mulgrave offered to relinquish in Wellington's favour
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After which Wellington returned to Britain
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild (1817).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit (1817).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1815).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit (1815).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1815).
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(English title: The Campaign of 1815: Strategic Overview of the Campaign)
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Wellington commanded another British-led army which, together with a Prussian army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
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That he had been born at 6 Merrion Street
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Awarded Order of St. George (1814).
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Awarded Knight of the Garter (1814).
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Served as the British ambassador to France and was made Duke of Wellington
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Career landmark: ambassador of the United Kingdom to France (1814–1815).
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Wellington led a new offensive, this time against the French line of communications
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Won Order of the Golden Fleece (1812).
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Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1812).
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Wellington finally captured Ciudad Rodrigo via a rapid movement as the French went into winter quarters, storming it before they could react
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (1811).
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Masséna returned towards Portugal to relieve Almeida; Wellington narrowly checked the French at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
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Subsisted on "cold meat and bread", to the despair of his staff who dined with him
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A newly enlarged French army under Marshal André Masséna invaded Portugal
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But was superseded in command immediately after the latter battle
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Whilst serving as Governor of Mysore, Wellesley was tasked with putting down an insurgency led by Dhondia Wagh, formerly a Patan trooper for Tipu Sultan
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Born 1769-05-01.
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