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Brief Life History of Arthur. When Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington was born on 1 May 1769, in Dublin, Ireland, his father, Garret Wellesley 1st Earl of Mornington, was 33 and his mother, Anne Hill-Trevor, was 26. He married Hon. Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham on 10 April 1806, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
The Wellington Memorial at the entrance to Stratfield Saye House. The Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column stands at the entrance to Stratfield Saye on the eastern Heckfield side. The Corinthian column, which can be viewed from the A33, is topped by a bronze statue by Baron Carlo Marochetti. The column was erected in 1863.
5 de ago. de 2020 · June 18 marks 200 years since the Duke of Wellington’s forces defeated Napoleon’s armies in a muddy field in Belgium. The battle is seen as the final act in one of the greatest military ...
The Queen recorded in her journal, “Stratfield Saye is a low and not very large house, but warm and comfortable”. The Duke died at Walmer Castle in September 1852 and is buried in the crypt of St. Paul’s cathedral. But all these years later, nowhere holds a stronger impression of Wellington the man, than Stratfield Saye.
It's the last surviving great aristocratic London townhouse open to the public. Originally designed by Robert Adam the Baron Apsley—From whom it takes his name—it passed to the Wellesley family in 1807, Being first owned by Richard and then his younger brother Arthur Wellesley—the Duke of Wellington. Wellington is most famous for ...
Gray, Peter. Wellesley (Wesley), Arthur (1769–1852), 1st duke of Wellington , soldier and politician, was born 1 May 1769 at Mornington House, 6 Merrion Street, Dublin, the third surviving son of Garret Wesley (qv) (1735–81), 1st earl of Mornington, and his wife, Anne (née Hill; 1742–1831), daughter of 1st Viscount Dungannon (qv).
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 ...
