Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
Lord Arthur Wellesley KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS<br>Birth name: Arthur Wellesley<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: May 1 1769 - Mornington House, 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland<br>Christening: St. Peters, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland<br>Death: Sep 14 1852 - Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 16 1852 - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 18 1852 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 18 1852 - Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 18 1852 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 18 1852 - Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 20 1852 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 22 1852 - Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Sep 23 1852 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: Oct 2 1852 - Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom<br>Burial: Nov 18 1852 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom<br>Occupation: Tory MP for Rye in 1806, Prime Minister of Great Britain twice 1828-30 & 1834-34<br>Title of Nobility: 1st Duke of Wellington - May 3 1814 - United Kingdom<br>Parents: Garret Wesley 1st Earl of Mornington, Anne Wesley (born Hill-Trevor)<br>Spouses: Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley (born Pakenham), Harriette Wellesley (born Wilson), Elizabeth Rennie Winder<br>Children: Thomas White Melville Winder, Arthur Richard Wellesley 2nd Duke of Wellington, Charles Wellesley<br>Siblings: Richard Colley Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesly of Norragh, Arthur Gerald Wellesley, William Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl of Mornington, Frances Seymour Wellesley, Lady Anne Wellesley, Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Mary Elizabeth Wellesley, Henry Wellesley<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: Wellesley was born in Dublin into 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.ingapatam 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. eral during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. with a Prussian army under Blucher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.the greatest defensive commanders of all time, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still studied in military academies around the world.ia, the free encyclopedia
TitleOfNobility: Created Duke of Wellington in 1814
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: May 1 1769 - Mornington House, Upper Merrion St.,, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland<br>Occupation: Solder<br>Marriage: Spouse: Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley (born Pakenham) - Apr 10 1806 - St. George's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland<br>Death: Sep 14 1852 - Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England<br>Burial: London, England, United Kingdom<br>Father: Garret Colley Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington<br>Mother: Anne Wesley (born Hill-Trevor), Countess of Mornington<br>Wife: Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley (born Pakenham)<br>Partners: Elizabeth Dundas (born Rennie), Marguerite-Josephine Georges "Mademoiselle George" (born Weimer), Giuseppina Maria Camilla Grassini<br>Children: Thomas White Melville Winder, Free Settler "Frederick" 1817, Charles Wellesley, Arthur Richard Wellesley</a><br>Siblings: Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesly of Norragh, William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Anne Smith (born Wellesley), Henry Wellesley
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