NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 NRA: Wellesley Arthur (1769-1852) 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal statesman DNB: Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769-1852), army officer and prime minister LBT ID: DuWelli1 VIAF ID: 2465308 LOC ID: n80034909 | B/BAP: 1769-05-01 DIED: 1852-09-14 |
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Soldier and statesman; commander in the Peninsular Campaign (1809-1813), he defeated
Napoleon at Waterloo and was prime minister (1828-1830). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington:
The Dispatches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G. during his
various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, from
1799 to 1818. Found 24.
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