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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.
Nov 18, 2014 · This day in 1852, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was laid to rest in St Paul’s, having died on 14 September, aged 83. Nearly half a century after Nelson’s ceremony and almost four decades of relative peace across land and sea following Waterloo, Wellington’s state funeral was the most extraordinary street procession that Londoners could remember.
- Portugal and Spain
- Waterloo and After
- Man on Horseback
- Political Leader and Prime Minister
- Later Years
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Wellesley had conceived the idea of thwarting Napoleon on the Iberian Peninsula, and in 1808 he led an expedition to assist the Portuguese in their revolt against the French. He defeated the French at Rolica and Vimeiro, but Sir Harry Burrard prevented his pursuit of the routed French. Both Wellesley and Burrard returned to England to stand courts-...
Wellington remained as ambassador in Paris only through late 1814, for he then joined other European leaders at the Congress of Vienna. He was participating in these negotiations when Napoleon returned from Elba. Wellington was at once sent to command the Allied armies in the Netherlands, where he cooperated with the Prussian general Gebhard von Bl...
In the years after his great victory, Wellington reverted more and more to the aristocratic mold from which he had been cast. Not only was he an 18th-century nobleman, but also he was a man whose career had been spent leading officers and men not noted for their intellectual brilliance. Thus he was used to speaking bluntly and to the point. At the ...
On his return from France, Wellington divided his time between occasional attendance at international peace conferences and military and political appointments at home. From 1818 to 1827 he was master general of the ordnance with a seat in the Cabinet. In 1827 he became commander in chief. George Canningasked him to join the government when he succ...
Unpopular for a while, Wellington beat a gradual retreat on reform in the House of Lords and was willing in 1832 to be prime minister again if the King desired, but he could not form a Cabinet. He then withdrew his opposition to the Reform Bill to prevent the Whigs from packing the House of Lords. When the Whigs went out of office in 1834, the duke...
The most useful biography of Wellington is Elizabeth Longford, Wellington: The Years of the Sword (1969), which carries his career through 1815 and whose bibliography provides the best starting point for research on him; a second volume is under way. The older standard work is Philip Guedalla, Wellington(1931). An excellent illustrated work on the ...
Barthorp, Michael, Wellington's generals,London: Osprey, 1978. James, Lawrence, The Iron Duke: a military biography of Wellington,London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992. Thompson, Neville., Wellington after Waterloo, London; New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. Wellington Commander: the iron duke's generalship,Boston: Faber and Faber, 1986. □
On 16 November 1852, a supplement of The Gazette (Gazette issue 21381) announced that ‘All Peers intending to be present at the Solemnity of the Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington’ on Thursday 18 November 1852 ‘will find tickets prepared for them, and ready for delivery on application at this Office, any time to-morrow, between the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and five o'clock P. M ...
The Gazette announced on 16 November 1852, that ‘All Peers intending to be present at the Solemnity of the Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington’ on Thursday 18 November 1852 ‘will find tickets prepared for them, and ready for delivery on application at this Office, any time to-morrow, between the hours of ten o’clock A. M. and five o’clock P. M.’
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Nov 8, 2022 · Following his death at Walmer Castle in Deal on 14 September 1852, the Duke of Wellington was given a state funeral and interred in the crypt of the iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral, next to Lord Nelson. The 17th-century structure is now one of London’s most popular tourist attractions, offering guided tours around the famed site.
