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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal His Grace
The Duke of Wellington
KG GCB GCH PC FRS
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The Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted c. 1815–16, after the Battle of Waterloo.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
14 November 1834 – 10 December 1834
Monarch William IV
Preceded by The Viscount Melbourne
Succeeded by Sir Robert Peel
In office
22 January 1828 – 16 November 1830
Monarch George IV
William IV
Preceded by The Viscount Goderich
Succeeded by The Earl Grey
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
3 September 1841 – 27 June 1846
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by The Viscount Melbourne
Succeeded by The Marquess of Lansdowne
In office
14 November 1834 – 18 April 1835
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by The Viscount Melbourne
Succeeded by The Viscount Melbourne
In office
22 January 1828 – 22 November 1830
Preceded by The Viscount Goderich
Succeeded by The Earl Grey
Foreign Secretary
In office
14 November 1834 – 18 April 1835
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by The Viscount Palmerston
Succeeded by The Viscount Palmerston
Home Secretary
In office
17 November 1834 – 15 December 1834
Preceded by The Viscount Duncannon
Succeeded by Henry Goulburn
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
In office
17 November 1834 – 9 December 1834
Preceded by Thomas Spring Rice
Succeeded by The Earl of Aberdeen
Personal details
Born Arthur Wesley
1 May 1769
6 Merrion Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Died 14 September 1852(1852-09-14) (aged 83)
Walmer Castle, Kent, England
Resting place St Paul's Cathedral, London
Political party Tory (until 1834), Conservative (1834 onward)
Spouse(s) Catherine Pakenham (m. 1806; d. 1831)
Children Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Lord Charles Wellesley
Religion Church of Ireland
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom/British Empire
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1787–1852
Rank Field Marshal
Commands Commander-in-Chief of the British Army
Battles/wars
Awards

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002, he was number 15 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.

Wellington was born in Dublin, belonging to the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was a colonel by 1796, and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803.


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