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Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The name derived from Wellington in Somerset. The title was created in 1814 for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (1769–1852; born as The Hon. Arthur Wesley), the Anglo-Irish military commander who is best known for leading the decisive victory with Field Marshal von Blücher over Napoleon's forces at Waterloo in ...
8 de nov. de 2019 · Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington - portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) English Heritage. Legacy. The first Duke of Wellington has at least 90 English pubs named after him. But not, sadly, the one owned by his descendent Sofia Wellseley, who runs the Fox and Pheasant with James Blunt, hard by the Chelsea football stadium.
By Cheryl Bolen. Arthur Wellesley, who became the Duke of Wellington in 1814, shared many things with aristocratic younger sons who chose military careers. Like many young officers separated from suitable prospective spouses for long periods of time during battles and campaigns, he longed for a wife of his own class.
Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1773-1831) was the daughter of Edward Pakenham 2nd Baron Longford of Tullynally Castle and his wife Catherine Rowley. She was one of ten children and more commonly referred to as Kitty.
Kempton Bunton. Kempton Cannon Bunton (14 June 1904 [1] –April 1976 [3]) was a disabled British pensioner [not verified in body] and unemployed bus driver who confessed to stealing Francisco Goya 's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. [4] [2] [5] The theft of the painting was the subject of ...
Princess Antonia of Prussia, Duchess of Wellington OBE (Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld; born 28 April 1955) is a British aristocrat and philanthropist. She serves as the President of The Guinness Partnership , [1] an affordable housing community benefit society in the United Kingdom.
23 de fev. de 2024 · Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century.
