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Hace 4 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.
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30 de abr. de 2024 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He gained military prominence in India, won successes in the Peninsular War in Spain, and triumphed over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
Hace 6 días · Equally, Dirks engages with many elements of the complexity and even contradictory nature of the Company’s early state and state-building, and does an admirable job of disentangling elements of early Company politics (though it must be noted that Dirks has also made several elementary errors in the text, including the mixing up of Arthur and Richard Wellesley on p. 238 and on p. 122 the ...
Hace 6 días · A subsequent governor-general, Richard Wellesley, oversaw a number of territorial acquisitions, achieved by either money or conquest. By the turn of the 19th Century, the EIC's private army was very large, twice the size of the British Army at that time. It wasn't just land forces, either. The EIC had its own navy, called the Bombay Marine.
10 de may. de 2024 · Browse Wellesley local obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.
14 de may. de 2024 · The Institution for Promoting the Natural History of India was established by Governor-General Richard Wellesley at Barrackpore outside Calcutta in 1801. The aim was to increase Western scientific knowledge of the fauna of India, which Wellesley viewed as being ‘altogether unknown to the naturalists of Europe, or [which] have been ...
Hace 6 días · A funeral service was held on Saturday, May 18th 2024 at 10:00 AM at the St. John the Evangelist Parish (9 Glen Rd, Wellesley, MA 02481). In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in the name of Richard F. McCarthy to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund online at Ouimet.org, by phone at 774-430-9094 or by U.S. mail to the Francis Ouimet ...
