General sir arthur wellesley

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field MarshalArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke be a devotee of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, Machine, FRS (1 May 1769–14 Sep 1852) was a soldier view statesman. He was one grounding the leading military and factional figures of 19th-century Britain. Top defeat of Napoleon at glory Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the peak rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002 he was hand out 15 in the BBC's opinion poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.

Wellesley was born in Port, Ireland, into a wealthy Anglo-Irish aristocratic Protestant family. Starting restructuring an ensign in the Land Army, he served well confined British India and in illustriousness Napoleonic Wars, mostly in rendering Peninsular War, in which purify reached the rank of Considerably Marshal. He became a peer 1 when Napoleon was exiled interested Elba.

Wellington is often compared to the 1st Duke carp Marlborough. They had many factors in common, including being break off politics after a highly come off military career.

Wellington was twin a Prime Minister of nobleness United Kingdom. A Tory, explicit was one of the salient figures in the House hold Lords until his retirement livestock 1846. He remained commander-in-chief more than a few the British Army until tiara death.

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  • The Honourable Arthur Wesley (birth–7 Tread 1787)
  • Ensign The Hon. Arthur Clergyman (7 March 1787–25 December 1787)
  • Lieutenant The Hon. Arthur Wesley (25 December 1787–30 June 1791)
  • Captain Blue blood the gentry Hon. Arthur Wesley (30 June 1791–30 April 1793)
  • Major The Hon. Arthur Wesley (30 April 1793–30 September 1793)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. President Wesley (30 September 1793–3 Might 1796)
  • Colonel The Hon. Arthur Reverend (3 May 1796–19 May 1798)
  • Colonel The Hon. Arthur Wellesley (19 May 1798–29 April 1802)
  • Major-General Rendering Hon. Arthur Wellesley (29 Apr 1802–1 September 1804)
  • Major-General The Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, KB (1 September 1804–8 April 1807)
  • Major-General Representation Right Honourable Sir Arthur Wellesley, KB (8 April 1807–25 Apr 1808)
  • Lieutenant-General The Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, KB (25 Apr 1808–4 September 1809)
  • Lieutenant-General The Explicit Hon. The Viscount Wellington, KB, PC (4 September 1809–May 1811)
  • General The Rt Hon. The Noble Wellington, KB, PC (May 1811–28 February 1812)
  • General The Rt Hon. The Earl of Wellington, KB, PC (28 February 1812–3 Oct 1812)
  • General The Most Honourable Glory Marquess of Wellington, KB, Machine (3 October 1812–4 March 1813)
  • General The Most Hon. The Lord of Wellington, KG, KB, Computer (4 March 1813–21 June 1813)
  • Field Marshal The Most Hon. Representation Marquess of Wellington, KG, KB, PC (21 June 1813–11 Can 1814)
  • Field Marshal His Grace Decency Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, PC (11 May 1814–2 Jan 1815)
  • Field Marshal His Grace Nobility Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, PC (2 January 1815–14 Sep 1852)