“8th.—. . . A message
from the King to the House of Commons for £2000 per ann. for Lord
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THE CREEVEY PAPERS
[Ch. VI.
Wellington. This is too bad! The question
is to come up to-morrow week. . . .
Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Soldier and statesman; commander in the Peninsular Campaign (1809-1813), he defeated
Napoleon at Waterloo and was prime minister (1828-1830).
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Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
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