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Hace 5 días · Wellington: The Path to Victory, 1769-1814 is the first of two volumes based on exhaustive research on Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Rory Muir – to be precise, it is based on 30 years work on the subject.
Hace 2 días · Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Hace 4 días · On Friday 8 December, 1809, the Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, M.A. appeared personally in the Cathedral before the Dean, George Bishop of Lincoln, , and the Rev. Samuel Ryder Weston, D.D. Canon Residentiary, and exhibited the Mandate of the Bishop of London directed to the Dean and Chapter for his induction into the real actual and corporal possession of the Prebend or Canonry of Neasdon: by ...
Hace 2 días · Peninsular War. The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence.
Hace 3 días · The house as it stands today remains a very good example of one of the less grandiose country seats of the Georgian period. The restoration of 1937-8 was carried out to the designs of Lord Gerald Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) and Trenwith Wills and in sympathy with the original.
Hace 5 días · ¿Recuerdan la batalla de Waterloo, en la que los franceses, comandados por Napoleón Bonaparte, fueron vencidos por los ingleses, a cargo el duque de Wellington? Ayer yo era francés, por ende para mí Waterloo era una derrota; pero hoy soy británico y la puedo contar como una victoria.
Hace 5 días · Palacio Álava-Esquível. Edificio del siglo XV flanqueado por dos torres. A lo largo de la historia albergó a la familia de los Álava. Visitantes como Francisco I de Francia durmieron en él y también el Duque de Wellington que, junto al General Álava, venció en la Batalla de Vitoria, lo que supuso el comienzo del declive del emperador Napoleón.
