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(1769–1852). The duke of Wellington was a British military hero. He is best remembered for his victory against the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo . He was also Britain’s prime minister between 1828 and 1830. He was nicknamed the Iron Duke.
Wellington died at the family home of Strathfield Saye in 1900 and was buried there. As Evelyn and Henry had no issue, he was succeeded by his brother, Arthur Charles . His widow, who remarried to a Wellesley cousin Hon. Frederick Arthur Wellesley (son of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley ), died on 11 March 1939.
The legend of the Duke of Wellington at Pau, France, first appeared in a 1907 publication coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Pau Hunt, and quickly developed into a tale about the origins of Fox hunting in Béarn. After the Peninsular War, Wellington spent just one night at Pau, May 18, 1814, stopping on the route from ...
Wellington als Vorsitzender des King’s College London in der Royal Festival Hall in London, 2009. Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9. Duke of Wellington (* 19. August 1945 in Windsor) ist ein britischer Aristokrat und Politiker.
Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington (1876–1941), British soldier and nobleman. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (born 1978), grandson of the 8th Duke. Arthur Wellesley Hughes (1870–1950), also known as Arthur Wellesley, Canadian musician and composer. Arthur Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (1890–1962), British actor and nobleman.
Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he ...
Von 1936 bis 1943 war er Surveyor of the King’s Works of Art . Gerald Wellesley diente 1939 bei den Grenadier Guards und erhielt den Rang eines Lieutenant-Colonel. Von 1939 bis 1945 kämpfte er im Zweiten Weltkrieg . Als 1943 sein Neffe Henry Wellesley, 6. Duke of Wellington kinderlos starb, beerbte er diesen als 7. Duke of Wellington, 11.
