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The King now asked the powerful Whig, the Duke of Devonshire, to be Prime Minister. Devonshire asked Pitt to be Secretary of State for the Southern Department (with a remit that included colonial policy), Pitt made a condition of his membership of the Cabinet the exclusion of Newcastle.
23 hours ago · Wellington Collection, Stratfield Saye. Portrait of the Duke of Wellington is an 1814 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Phillips depicting the Anglo-Irish soldier and politician Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Wellington had recently returned to London from Continental Europe where he had been serving without break since 1809.
Dec 5, 2014 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a well-known military and political leader of the nineteenth century who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars when he became a field marshal after winning at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.
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 military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Often referred to solely as "The Duke of Wellington", he led a successful military career in the Indian subcontinent during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–99) and the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805), and in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
Mar 25, 2017 · Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, was Napoleon’s most famous opponent. In 1808 he led the British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces that defeated the French in the Iberian Peninsula and then invaded France. At the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815, he led British, Dutch, and Belgian troops to victory over the resurgent Napoleon.
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