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I remembered reading about the first Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) and his wife (Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham) and it reminded me strongly of Persuasion (except more tragic in ending). I re-read the Wikipedia page about her again and it is SO SIMILAR! They fell in love and got engaged at a younger age but her family was unhappy.
10 de set. de 2020 · Arthur Wellesley was known as the First Duke of Wellington, (Pakenham et al.). Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1769, he gained notoriety for his military service in India, (Pakenham et al.). His fame grew even larger when he defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Napoleon, the self-crowned emperor of France, had assembled the ...
30 de mai. de 2016 · His wife Sofia Wellesley is Lady Charlotte’s cousin. The blushing bride, 25, stunned in a cream, off-the-shoulder, long-sleeved gown with a long train by Emilia Wickstead.
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 ...
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.
Contact. MEET THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON. Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, OBE DL (born 19 August 1945), is the present Duke of Wellington. He is the son of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, Diana McConnel. He married Princess Antonia of Prussia (who no longer uses her royal title) on 3 ...
30 de abr. de 2022 · This time, her family agreed without hesitation. The couple ultimately married in April 1806. After their marriage, his wife became known as Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington. They had two sons, Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, born in 1807, and Charles Wellesley, born in 1808.
