Resultado da Busca
20 de abr. 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 ...
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was born in Dublin in 1769. He had little interest in education and in order to find something which "poor Arthur" could do, his parents purchased a commission for him in the British army in 1787. Wellington seemed to be in favour of Catholic Emancipation as early as 1793, when he took his seat in ...
8 de nov. de 2022 · 08 Nov 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. The relics and repercussions of the Duke’s life ...
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.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. Wellington's victory over Napoleon Bonaparte in June 1815 made him the most celebrated man in Europe.
Arthur Wellesley, 1e hertog van Wellington (Mornington House, Dublin, 1 mei 1769 – Walmer Castle bij Dover, 14 september 1852 ), bijgenaamd de IJzeren Hertog, was een Brits militair leider, die behoorde tot de protestantse elite in Ierland . Hoewel in Ierland geboren, noemde hij het eiland een land van schurken en was hij van mening dat enkel ...
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British soldier and statesman. He was one of the most important military and political leaders of the 19th-century Britain, and twice served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. By defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), he became one of Britain's top military ...
