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Hace 3 días · May 26, 2024. In the summer of 1812, as Napoleon‘s Grande Armée was embarking on its ill-fated invasion of Russia, another momentous battle was unfolding on the plains of western Spain. At Salamanca, on July 22nd, an Anglo-Portuguese army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, won a stunning victory over the ...
Hace 19 horas · 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. 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 ...
Hace 1 día · The British army, under Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, guarded Portugal and campaigned against the French alongside the reformed Portuguese Army and provided whatever supplies they could get to the Spanish, while the Spanish armies and guerrillas tied down vast numbers of Napoleon's troops.
Hace 5 días · He died on 18 June 1813, and was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Peter Pole, bart., M.P. for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1819–26, who sold the manor in 1837 to Arthur Wellesley first Duke of Wellington. The present owner is his grandson, Arthur Charles Wellesley the fourth Duke. Barrett of Belhouse.
Hace 4 días · Wellington c. 1925 (scale 6 in to 1 mile) Wellington's population growth slowed in the mid and late 19th century, with only a short-lived acceleration after the introduction of railways in 1849. (fn. 63) In the 1880s the population of the urban sanitary district was falling (fn. 64) and in 1898 a local society existed to assist emigrants. (fn ...
Hace 5 días · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, [a] was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal. Appointed as the Count of Charolais upon his birth, Charles vied for power and ...
Hace 2 días · Its later history is given under Stratfieldsaye (q.v.), Arthur Charles Wellesley fourth Duke of Wellington being at the present day lord of both manors. Not far from the church is a mid-16th-century half-timber building known as the manor-house, now divided into several tenements.
