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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington From a painting of 1854 by George Baxter. When but twelve years of age he lost his father, and little care appears to have been bestowed upon him by his mother, a somewhat harsh woman, who believed the “slender, blue-eyed, hawk-nosed, and rather sheep-faced boy” to be hopelessly deficient in mental ability.
The Duke of Wellington was born Arthur Wesley in May 1769 (though the exact date is disputed) into an aristocratic family in Dublin, Ireland. His family was part of the governing Anglo-Irish elite. He was educated at a school in Trim and then at Eton, but he did not like it much.
Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The name derived from Wellington in Somerset. The title was created in 1814 for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (1769–1852; born as The Hon. Arthur Wesley), the Anglo-Irish military commander who is best known for leading the decisive victory with Field Marshal von Blücher over Napoleon's forces at Waterloo in ...
Beim Tod seines Vaters erbte er 1934 dessen Adelstitel als 5. Duke of Wellington und wurde dadurch Mitglied des House of Lords. Zeitweise fungierte er auch als Friedensrichter ( Justice of the Peace) für Hampshire . Er starb 1941 im Alter von 65 Jahren an einer Lungenentzündung.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was one of the leading British military and political figures of the 19th century. Often referred to solely as "The Duke of Wellington", he led a successful military career in the Indian subcontinent during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–99 ...
17 de nov. de 2019 · Napoleonic Wars: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, Ireland in late April or early May 1769, and was the fourth son of Garret Wesley, Earl of Mornington and his wife Anne. Though initially educated locally, Wellesley later attended Eton (1781-1784), before receiving additional schooling in Brussels, Belgium.
Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington The Hon. Lilian Maud Coats Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (14 July 1912 – 16 September 1943), styled as Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941, was a British peer and politician.
