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18 November 1852 (state funeral) Location. Walmer Castle, Kent (death) St Paul's Cathedral, London (state funeral) Burial. Crypt of St Paul's. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, died on 14 September 1852, aged 83. He was the commander of British forces and their allies in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, which finally ...
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and one of England's greatest military leaders, served as Prime Minister from 22 January 1828 to 16 November 1830 and again from 17 November to 9 December 1834. The third son (the fourth child of six) born to Garrett Wesley, first Earl of Mornington and Anne Hill, the man later known as "the Iron ...
The Duke of Wellington died on 14 September 1852 at the age of 83. A national outpouring of grief greeted his death. At Queen Victoria's insistence he was given a state funeral on an unprecedented scale, with Parliament voting £100,000 to fund it. After a lavish lying-in-state at Chelsea Hospital, on 18 November a vast procession watched by ...
- “The Duke Is Dead”
- The Lying in State
- Temple Bar
- The Funeral Procession
The newspapers took up the mournful story of the death of the Duke of Wellington at Walmer Castle on 14th September 1852. Doctors had been called, but to no avail. At just after 3 p.m. that day, the great man breathed his last. At the time of Wellington’s death, his eldest son, the Marquis of Douro, was in Germany, and it was not known if the Duke ...
The Duke’s body originally lay in Walmer Castle. The laying out arrangements were made by Messrs. Dowbiggin and Holland, funeral directors, and were of simple taste. The coffin lay on a low stand, draped in crimson velvet, the ducal coronet resting on the lid. Surrounding the coffin was a small railing, around which candelabra and plumes of feather...
Temple Bar, now relocated by St Paul’s cathedral, was the historic arch under which the funeral position would have to pass. For the Duke’s funeral it was transformed into a gigantic funeral arch, set with black and gold cloth, with the arms of the Duke set into the structure. Funeral urns were set on top of the structure, and the Duke’s awards and...
At half past six on the morning of 18th November, the gates to St. James’s Park facing Horse Guards, were opened, and the army units and squadrons began to arrive. Major-General His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at his own request, was given command of the troops on this day. The infantry alone filled the parade ground in front of Horse Gua...
The 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, died at Walmer Castle in Kent at the age of 83 on 14 September 1852. On 18 November 1852, he was given a state funeral at the insistence of the reigning Monarch, Queen Victoria. Only very few British subjects besides Wellington have been honoured with a state funeral.
The Duke of Wellington died around 3pm on 14 September 1852 at Walmer Castle in Deal, Kent. His death was recorded as being due to a stroke which resulted in a series of seizures. Wellington’s body was taken by train to London on 10 November and laid in state at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea on arrival. Members of the royal family, including ...
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The funeral car His funeral took place on 18 November when the funeral processed from Horse Guards to St Paul's, Wellington's remains borne in a huge funeral carriage weighing over 18 tons, and that is now on public display at Stratfield Saye. Passing Apsley House Along the route, the Duke passed King's College for one last time. College ...
