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22 de mai. de 2024 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) The Duke of Wellington's parliamentary career began in Ireland, where he was an MP in the Irish House of Commons (1790–97). He also sat as an MP in Westminster (1806–09) before being made a peer in 1809. Wellington served in the Tory government from 1818, and became Commander-in-Chief ...
Wellesley was the fourth son of Garrett Wesley or Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, and used the name Wesley until 1798. He was himself raised to the peerage as Viscount Wellington in 1809, followed by further ennoblements as Earl of Wellington 1812, Marquis of Wellington the same year, and Duke of Wellington in 1814.
Major Gordon Corrigan concludes his survey of leading British commanders with a profile of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, who inspired Brita...
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Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington ( née Pakenham; 14 January 1773 – 24 April 1831), known before her marriage as Kitty Pakenham, was the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington .
5 de dez. de 2014 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a well-known military and political leader of the nineteenth century who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars when he became a field marshal after winning at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Over the course of his illustrious career, he supposedly fought more than sixty battles and came to be ...
26 de out. de 2009 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. He rose to prominence during the Peninsula War and became a national hero in Britain after the Napoleonic Wars , during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo .
9 de abr. de 2024 · Wellesley and Steegman, Iconography of the 1st Duke of Wellington, 1935. This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend ...
