Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British military leader and statesman best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Generate an image of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British military leader and statesman best known for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and later serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.)

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Wellington, Somerset ⓘ
birthDate 1769-05-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
conflict Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1852-09-14 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Walmer Castle ⓘ
education Eton College ⓘ
Royal Academy of Equitation in Angers ⓘ
familyName Wellesley ⓘ
father Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
honor Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight of the Garter ⓘ
Prince of Waterloo ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy considered one of Britain’s greatest military commanders ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George IV ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
mother Anne Hill-Trevor ⓘ
nickname The Iron Duke ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Wellington ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Assaye ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
notableWork defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
ordinalOfTitle 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
politicalParty Tory Party ⓘ
positionHeld Ambassador to France ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces ⓘ
linked to: Commander-in-Chief

Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
secondTermEndAsPrimeMinister 1834 ⓘ
secondTermStartAsPrimeMinister 1834 ⓘ
sibling Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wellesley
spouse Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington ⓘ
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1830 ⓘ
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1828 ⓘ

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Treaty of Paris (1815) → occupationForcesCommandedBy → Duke of Wellington ⓘ
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Stratfield Saye House → associatedWith → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
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Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → officeHolder → Duke of Wellington ⓘ
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Waterloo Campaign → commander → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
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William Wellesley-Pole → relative → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Wellington Mara → namedAfter → Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Treaty of Bassein (1802) → mainProponent → Arthur Wellesley ⓘ
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