Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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British Army officer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom duke human peer of the United Kingdom statesman

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.

Aliases (9)

Duke of Wellington ×20
Arthur Wellesley ×7
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ×2
Sir Arthur Wellesley ×2
1st Duke of Wellington ×1
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Allied) ×1
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces ×1
Duke of Wellington (likely namesake) ×1
the Duke of Wellington ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
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 →
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 → 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 →
spouse	Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington →
termEndAsPrimeMinister	1830 →
termStartAsPrimeMinister	1828 →

Referenced by (65)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Assaye ("Arthur Wellesley") → Battle of Orthez → Battle of Quatre Bras → Battle of Salamanca → Battle of Talavera ("Arthur Wellesley") → Battle of Talavera ("Sir Arthur Wellesley") → Battle of Vitoria → Battle of Waterloo ("Duke of Wellington") → Battle of Waterloo → Hougoumont farm → Second Anglo-Maratha War ("Arthur Wellesley") → Third Anglo-Maratha War ("Sir Arthur Wellesley") → War of the Seventh Coalition → Waterloo Campaign →	commander
Wellington Arch → Wellington Barracks → Wellington College → Wellington Mara →	namedAfter
Battle of Vitoria → Hougoumont farm ("Duke of Wellington") → Stratfield Saye House →	associatedWith
Battle of Quatre Bras ("Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces") → Battle of Salamanca ("Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Allied)") →	commanderSide
Battle of Orthez → Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ("Arthur Wellesley") →	opposingCommander
Lord Wellesley → William Wellesley-Pole →	sibling
Battle of Vitoria →	alliedCommander
Eton College →	alumnus
Battle of Wavre →	associatedCommander
Waterloo ("Duke of Wellington") →	battleCommander
Battle of Waterloo →	CoalitionCommander
Anglo-Maratha Wars ("Arthur Wellesley") →	commandedBy
Johnson’s Life of London ("the Duke of Wellington") →	containsBiographicalSketchOf
King’s College London →	founder
Stratfield Saye House →	grantedTo
Stratfield Saye House ("Duke of Wellington") →	hasAssociatedTitle
Wellington College ("Duke of Wellington") →	hasMilitaryAssociation
Wellington Pier ("Duke of Wellington (likely namesake)") →	hasNameOrigin
Chief Secretary for Ireland ("Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington") →	hasNotableOfficeHolder
Battle of Orthez →	hasParticipant
Hannibal ("Duke of Wellington") →	influenced
War of the Sixth Coalition ("Duke of Wellington") →	keyCommander
Congress of Vienna ("Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington") →	keyFigure
Hundred Days ("Duke of Wellington") →	keyLeaderOnCoalitionSide
Battle of Assaye ("Duke of Wellington") →	laterTitleOfCommander
Treaty of Bassein (1802) ("Arthur Wellesley") →	mainProponent
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ("Duke of Wellington") →	nobleTitle
Battle of Assaye ("Arthur Wellesley") →	notableCommander
Lord Liverpool ministry ("Duke of Wellington") →	notableMember
Board of Ordnance →	notableOfficeHolder
Walmer Castle ("Duke of Wellington") →	notableResident
Treaty of Paris (1815) ("Duke of Wellington") →	occupationForcesCommandedBy
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) ("Duke of Wellington") →	officeHolder
Liverpool and Manchester Railway ("Duke of Wellington") →	openedBy
Battle of Quatre Bras →	opponentCommander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ("1st Duke of Wellington") →	ordinalOfTitle
Stratfield Saye House ("Duke of Wellington") →	ownedBy
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher →	partnerInAlliance
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ("Duke of Wellington") →	precededByAsPrimeMinister
William Wellesley-Pole →	relative
Lord Raglan ("Duke of Wellington") →	servedUnder
Napoleonic Wars →	significantCommander
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ("Duke of Wellington") →	sponsoredBy
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ("Duke of Wellington") →	succeededByAsPrimeMinister