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Arthur Wellesley, 1e hertog van Wellington (Mornington House, Dublin, 1 mei 1769 – Walmer Castle bij Dover, 14 september 1852 ), bijgenaamd de IJzeren Hertog, was een Brits militair leider, die behoorde tot de protestantse elite in Ierland . Hoewel in Ierland geboren, noemde hij het eiland een land van schurken en was hij van mening dat enkel ...
Image credit: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Thomas Lawrence, between 1815 and 1816, Apsley House, English Heritage Images (Accession Number WM.1567-1948)
Há 2 dias · 1769 Birth and childhood. The future Duke of Wellington was born Arthur Wesley (later changed to Wellesley) around 1 May, third surviving son in an aristocratic Irish family.
29 de mai. de 2018 · Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of (1769–1852). Soldier and prime minister. Arthur Wellesley was the third surviving son of the earl of Mornington, an impoverished Irish peer. Educated at Eton, he was regarded by his family as a dreamy introspective youth; the army was thought to be the only possible career for him.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 640 portraits. The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who achieved peace in Europe ...
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was born in Dublin in 1769. He had little interest in education and in order to find something which "poor Arthur" could do, his parents purchased a commission for him in the British army in 1787. Wellington seemed to be in favour of Catholic Emancipation as early as 1793, when he took his seat in ...
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 ...
