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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.
16 de ago. de 2020 · Arthur Wellesley. English: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was a British Army soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the first half of the nineteenth century.
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.
Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington died at Walmer Castle on 14th September, 1852 and was buried at St Paul's Cathedral on 18th November. Norman Gash claims that "the occasion for probably the most ornate and spectacular funeral ever seen in England, the procession from Horse Guards via Constitution Hill to St Paul's being witnessed, it was estimated, by a million and a half people."
Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name derived from Wellington in Somerset, and the title was created in 1814 for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington, 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 Brabant.
27 de mar. de 2024 · Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was a leading military commander, politician and prime minister in 19th-century Britain. He is best remembered today for his actions during the Napoleonic Wars, most notably for victory at the 1815 battle of Waterloo. “He was second only to Napoleon in his military skill at the time,” says ...
WELLINGTON, DUKE OF (ARTHUR WELLESLEY) (1769–1852), British army general and politician. The Duke of Wellington has been admired far more for his command of the British army than for his contribution to parliamentary politics. He was Britain's most revered and respected army general during the nineteenth century, but also a very unpopular ...
