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Há 5 dias · 1. 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 the United ...
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Há 2 dias · Take Arthur Wesley, an ambitious young army officer, who proposed to Kitty Pakenham. Thanks to his miserly captain’s salary, Pakenham’s family twice refused to bless the match. Wesley, now better known as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, eventually did get his way — but only after 12 years of professional success made the marriage ...
Wellington was an Anglo-Irish upper class Tory snob, who believed whole heatedly in (and helped create) the British Empire. Also, his wife's brother, Edward Pakenham, was killed by American forces under Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans (and by some accounts Wellington was more fond of Pakenham than his wife).
Há 2 dias · Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His first cousin and future wife, Victoria , had been born earlier in the same year with the assistance of the same midwife, Charlotte von Siebold . [3]
Há 1 dia · Posing for a snap in the garden of Meghan's home, her former Suits co-star gushed about the American Riviera Orchard jam. She wrote, “This jam is my jam. A delicious taste of what’s to come ...
Há 1 dia · Hugh Grosvenor became the 7 th Duke of Westminster aged just 25 following the death of his father, Gerald, in 2016. Despite having two older sisters, he inherited his father's dukedom and the ...
Há 2 dias · But 18 th and 19 th century London was still a city where almost all drew their water from wells, public fountains and rain butts. If you ride or own horses, you’ll know well the importance of ...
