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O HMS Duke of Wellington, um navio de linha de primeira classe de 131 armas foi nomeado em homenagem ao 1.º Duque de Wellington. [ 253] O HMS Iron Duke, também nomeado para Wellington, foi o navio-almirante do Almirante sir John Jellicoe na Batalha da Jutlândia na Primeira Guerra Mundial, um dos três assim chamados na Royal Navy. [ 254]
Duque de Wellington, derivado de Wellington, em Somerset, é um título hereditário e o ducado mais antigo do Pariato do Reino Unido. O primeiro detentor do título foi Arthur Wellesley, 1° Duque de Wellington, ( 1769 – 1852 ), o famoso general e estadista britânico - nascido na Irlanda - que, juntamente com Blücher, derrotou Napoleão ...
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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The statue of the Duke on his favourite horse Copenhagen was sculpted by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844. The statue is a Category-A listedmonument.
In recent times the statue has become known for being capped with a traffic cone.Adorning the statue with a cone had continued over many years: the act was claimed to represent the humour of the local population and was believed to date back to at least the 1980s. In 2005, Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Policetook a stance of asking the publi...
Ward-Jackson, Philip (December 1990), "Carlo Marochetti and the Glasgow Wellington Memorial", The Burlington Magazine, 132 (1053): 851–862, JSTOR 884512
Death and state funeral of the Duke of Wellington. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, died on 14 September 1852, aged 83. He was the commander of British forces and their allies in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, which finally ended the Napoleonic Wars, and served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Aqui estão informações sobre Arthur Wellesley, o Duque de Wellington, que foi um importante comandante britânico durante as Guerras Napoleônicas.
Arthur Colley Wellesley, 1.º Duque de Wellington, KG GCB GCH PC FRS ( Dublin, 1 de maio de 1769 — Castelo de Walmer, 14 de setembro de 1852) foi um marechal e político britânico, primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido por duas vezes. Factos rápidos Primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido, Secretário de Estado para Assuntos Estrangeiros ... Fechar.
