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  1. Há 2 dias · 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. 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 ...

  2. 27 de mar. de 2024 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He gained military prominence in India, won successes in the Peninsular War in Spain, and triumphed over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

  3. 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.

  4. MuteQuaker. • 16 hr. ago. Wellington was chosen by his brother William Wellesley-Pole when Arthur was first ennobled as a Viscount after his success at the Battle of Talavera. As Arthur was still in Spain at the time, the task of finding a suitable title fell to William, which he doesn't seem to have much appreciated.

  5. Há 4 dias · Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted

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  6. 29 de mar. de 2024 · Joseph Nollekens (born Aug. 11, 1737, London, Eng.—died April 23, 1823, London) was a Neoclassical sculptor whose busts made him the most fashionable English portrait sculptor of his day. William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, marble bust by Joseph Nollekens, 1811; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

  7. 1 de abr. de 2024 · These men include Sir John Barrow (1746-1848), Second Secretary of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1845; Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831), First Lord of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1810; John Charles Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (1757-1838), envoy to the court of Portugal from 1808 to 1810; Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), eventual conqueror of Napoleon; and William ...