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Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria, GE, OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British peer and politician.
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.
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9 min read. Napoleonic Wars 1700s 1800s Europe Great Commanders Conflict in Europe. View this object. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1820. Early life. Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) was born in Dublin in 1769 to an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. In 1781, aged 12, he was sent to school at Eton.
Há 3 dias · The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great...
8 de nov. de 2022 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was an icon of 19th-century Britain, perhaps best known for his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Over the course of his illustrious life, the Duke became a military hero, a statesman and a two-time Prime Minister of Britain.
27 de ago. de 2021 · The Wellington Monument, a memorial to the first Duke of Wellington, is 175ft (53m) tall and can be seen from the M5 motorway. Repairs to the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world took two...
Há 4 dias · 1- Birth and early years of the Duke of Wellington, 1769-88. Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, the fifth son of an Irish nobleman in 1769. He attended prep school in London and went on to study at Eton. He spent a year at military school in Angers in France before joining the British Army at 18 years old. Coincidentally, he was born in the ...
