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25th and 28th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Duke of Wellington
His Grace[1] The Duke Of Wellington
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Sir Arthur Wellesley
Sir Arthur Wellesley
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1852 September 14 (83 years old)
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25th Prime Minister
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1st Duke of Wellington[2]
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1. outline2. career
2.1. Before the Napoleonic Wars2.2. Napoleonic Wars2.3. political activity
3. anecdote4. Family Relations
4.1. The current Duke of Wellington
5. in popular culture6. etc

1. outline

It is inconceivable to imagine England without a duke. He stood tall above everyone in the highest position he could reach as a subject. He was respected throughout the country and was a trusted friend of the monarch. It would be rare to have tears in their eyes today.

Queen Victoria , Duke of Wellington
British Field Marshal and 1st Wellington Duke and the best commander of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars . He was the greatest rival of Napoleon Bonaparte , who was close to being invincible at the time, and was a great commander who showed the extreme of defensive tactics, including the thin red line, at the Battle of Waterloo .[7]

2. career

2.1. Before the Napoleonic Wars

Born in Dublin as the son of an English nobleman who ruled Ireland , he committed himself to the army from an early age because he was the third son and had no hope of inheriting the estate . What is unusual is that he studied military science at the French Military Academy . Because his family is rich[8] He was quickly promoted by using the British private officer system, and in 1794 served in Flanders as a regimental commander, fighting the French Revolutionary Army and building up achievements.

In 1798, his brother went to India When he became governor , he served in the Indian garrison following his brother, pacified local rebellions, and was promoted to major general with his brother's halo and his own record. In the 4th Mysore War, the Mysore Kingdom , which had a strong army by accepting western-style weapons and military systems, was defeated and virtually destroyed . He fought with 50,000 troops and won a great victory, and Wellington himself cited this battle as his best achievement rather than Waterloo.[9][10] In 1805, he returned to his country and was knighted for his exploits in India. Although he is given a title , his achievements during his service in India are ignored by army officials on the mainland.[11]

In 1807, he was promoted to division commander and took part in the invasion of Denmark, which was allied with France. He led the battle to victory and was promoted to lieutenant general . go first However, Arthur Wellesley, who had successively defeated the French army under Junot, which was still small, concluded the Sintra Convention with the shovel of his superiors who arrived with the follow-up troops . It was an agreement that the Royal Navy would transport them to France, including the plunder of . At the time, the French army suffered a major defeat at Vimeira and was at a great disadvantage. In other words, if you keep attacking, you can annihilate the enemy, but you made an agreement like that. Therefore, he had no choice but to watch his achievements fly away, and in September 1808, this became a problem, and Arthur Wellesley suffered the humiliation of being extradited to his home country to be investigated by Congress along with his superiors.

2.2. Napoleonic Wars

However, when General John Moore, who had been appointed as his successor, was killed while retreating under the 200,000-strong army directly commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte , Wellesley was appointed as his successor and headed back to the Iberian Peninsula. Afterwards, the British army , which had been ruined by consecutive defeats, was brought under control, discipline was established, and strong forts were installed on the Portuguese- Spain border to prepare for the invasion of France. However, while the military's morale and combat capability improved, the chronic looting problem was still serious. Even though all those caught plundering houses were hanged, looting occurred frequently. Wellington was tired of this, and in his letters to his home country and to his family, he made all kinds of bad comments about his soldiers, calling them ragtag, the worst unit in British history, and beggars. In the battle of Vitoria, where the French army withdrew from Iberia and made them run away, abandoning the treasures of Spain that had been plundered in the meantime, the soldiers' tremendous plunder made them really angry and called 'beggars who enlisted for a drink'[12] I said, but I also ate swearing. He is said to have been hanged not only for looting private houses, but also for looting the bodies of fallen soldiers.[13]

In addition, since Spain was an ally, any commander who came would have sternly regulated the looting of his soldiers. And Wellington did not bother to curb plunder in France.

In 1810, Andre Massena and Nicolas Jean-Deux Soult invaded Portugal to drive the British army out of Portugal, but clashed with Massena's army at the Battle of Busaco with an inferior force, while the Anglo-Portuguese army suffered 1,200 casualties, Massena's troops inflicted 4,500 casualties. And the French army, which had retreated to the fortified line and attacked the fort, was exhausted, ran out of food and supplies, and even the command was divided and retreated. However, the chase was unsuccessful, and Massena's tribute, Soult, invaded the other border and occupied the fortress of Badajoz, so he stopped the chase and returned to Portugal.

Although it failed to achieve a clear victory, once the French army was no longer able to launch an offensive in Portugal, and the British were put in a position to launch an offensive, Wellington supported the Spanish guerrillas to target the rear of the French army, while also attacking the French from time to time . Engage with the army and gradually weaken the French army in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Portrait painted by Spanish painter Francisco Goya in 1812

In 1813, while Napoleon was turning his eyes to Russia, he began to defeat the French army in the Iberian Peninsula, destroyed the main force of the French army in Spain at the Battle of Vittorio, and crossed the Pyrenees in 1814 and invaded southern France and headed north . While doing so, he hears the news of Napoleon's downfall. Wellington's activities in the Iberian Peninsula are described in more detail in the Iberian War section.
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Portrait of Wellington by Thomas Lawrence in 1815
When he returned to England in 1815, unlike before, he was admired as a hero of national salvation following Horatio Nelson , received a great welcome, and was given the title and estate of the Duke of Wellington. And he will attend the Congress of Vienna, which was held to decide the post-Napoleonic situation in Europe, as a British representative.

However, when Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba during the Vienna Conference, he hurriedly returned home and led the British army to Belgium to fight against the numerically superior French army at the Battle of Waterloo. can put an end to

2.3. political activity

After the Napoleonic wars, he turned into a politician and became prime minister in 1828 after performing various activities in parliament and cabinet . As Prime Minister, his main achievement was to ensure Ireland's long-cherished desire for political freedom for Catholics, but that cost him the support of the Conservative ruling party, of which he was also leader. Although he is a good soldier, his political acumen is not so good that he loses the popularity he had gained during his time as a soldier and he resigned after two years.

A hardline imperialist , he actively supported the Opium War .[14] If he just made a statement of support, he would look like one of the many pro-member MPs, but Wellesley once served as the representative of the Tory Party, and at the end of the 1st Opium War, he was a bright active duty enough to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army. In the case of the Opium War, the pros and cons were tightly opposed, but they became the strongest supporters of war with Palmerston, who was Prime Minister at the time, against moderates, including William Gladstone , who served as Prime Minister later. Amidst this tense confrontation, the Opium War resolution was eventually passed 271 to 262, by just nine votes in Congress.

In Manchester, in 1819, during a rally of the poor demanding universal suffrage, he crushed the crowd with his cavalry. Since the place where the incident took place was St Peter's Square in Manchester, it was criticized as the Peterloo Massacre in reference to the Battle of Waterloo. The Peterloo Massacre was made into a 2018 film titled Peterloo, directed by Mike Lee .

At the time of the Swing Riots (1830) when he was Prime Minister, agricultural workers who suffered from taxes and low wages due to changes in agricultural structure and war waged a campaign to destroy threshers and destabilized society . . As soon as the remarks became public, outraged workers robbed his house in London .[15]

In 1834, in the process of replacing William Lamb 's Whig cabinet with Robert Peel 's Tory cabinet , he served as interim Prime Minister until Peel returned from his stay in Italy and took office as Prime Minister. He subsequently served as foreign secretary for the 1st Peel Cabinet.

In 1842 he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, retiring from public service in 1846. He lived a long life by the standards of the time, so he was 75 years old, and in 1844, he took his only photograph .[16]
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Photograph of Arthur Wellesley taken in 1844

He died in 1852 at the age of 83, and his remains were buried in St Paul's Cathedral after a grand funeral.
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Arthur Wellesley's death mask

3. anecdote

  • There was a time when he was called the Iron Duke because he was very strict with soldiers, but in fact, there are many anecdotes where he is called a friendly person.
    After returning from the Napoleonic wars, I saw a boy crying while walking on the road.

    "Gee, gee, that's not what a gentleman would do. Why are you crying so much?" he asked.
    "I will be going back to school soon, and when I go back to school, there will be no one to take care of my toad ."
    After saying that and starting to cry, the Duke of Wellington thought for a while.
    "Don't worry, go back to school. I'll take care of the toad's business."
    I replied and continued on my way.

    A few weeks later, a letter was delivered to the boy who was returning to school, in which Arthur Wellesley , Field Marshal and Duke of Wellington, wrote to the boy, "The toad is doing well."
Nicolas Jean-Deux Soult , who had fought numerous times during the Iberian Peninsular War, visited England as a special ambassador at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, and the Duke of Wellington found him and grabbed his arm. Surprised Soult looked at him, and the Duke said:
"I finally caught you."
It was a humorous expression of missing Soult in the chase after defeating him in the Iberian Peninsula. Afterwards, the two laughed and recalled the memories of that time.
The Duke of Wellington, about to execute an incurable soldier, said:
"I've educated you and counseled you. And every time you deserted, I punished you and sent you to prison. I've done everything I could for you, but you didn't repent. So now I'm going to put you to death. "
Then an officer who was listening hurriedly spoke to Wellington.
"General, of course you did everything you could according to military discipline. But there is one thing you haven't tried with this soldier, and that is forgiveness."
Upon hearing the officer's words, the duke was greatly impressed, and accordingly said:
"Yes, I will forgive you."
After this incident, the soldier changed completely, and it is said that he did not desert and became a braver soldier than anyone else.
After the victory at the Battle of Waterloo, a celebration party was held, and a country soldier threw a finger ball, which was used to wash hands.[17] The banquet became a sea of ​​laughter when he drank it without knowing it.
Then General Wellington said, "Let's celebrate with a finger ball like that young soldier who valiantly fought and won the Battle of Waterloo." Needless to say, thunderous applause broke out in the hall after all the guests toasted with finger balls at this moment.
A reporter came to Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wallington) in his later years and asked: "You beat Napoleon at Waterloo, aren't your military talents much better than Napoleon's ?" Wellesley, however, answered with a straight face.
"In this age, in past ages, in any age, Napoleon ."
In fact, since the victory at Waterloo was largely influenced not only by Arthur Wellesley, but also by the arrival of appropriate reinforcements by General Blücher, it would be difficult to say that Wellesley himself considered himself a strategist beyond Napoleon. It would be more likely that he recognized Napoleon's talent as a contemporary general. For example, in a letter sent to a close person during the campaign in Iberia, he lamented the great damage caused by the sloppy movements of his allies and said that if Napoleon had been the opponent, the allies would have been annihilated . Of course, a more accurate basis should be presented for Wellesley's remarks, and there is also a story that Britain's promotion of Napoleon is to glorify itself around the British Empire that eventually defeated him. But even taking that into consideration, Napoleon's military talent itself was acknowledged by everyone in his era.[18]
  • However, he was not very popular with his subordinates.[19] This story is told.
    One day, he almost drowned while swimming in an uninhabited lake, but a man who happened to be passing there saved him. He thanked me and asked me to tell him if I could. The subordinate said, "You mustn't tell anyone that I saved the General. I might be beaten to death."
To what extent was that, one anecdote is used as a humor story without revealing the name of General Wellington.
When two soldiers were caught looting in a battle, his punishment was to build his own gallows and hang himself on it. Then both of them started to build a gallows to hang themselves on, but one soldier nagged the other to wear out his ears. “Make it quick! Don't make the general angry!” Then they quickly built a gallows and were hanged.
In addition, this anecdote was introduced in Love School .
A party commemorating the victory at the Battle of Waterloo is being held at the residence of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. During the party, Wellington's diamond-encrusted cigarette case goes missing. So, when I tried to check the pockets of all the attendees, a sergeant refused and left, but the Duke of Wellington found a cigarette pack in another pocket of his clothes a year later. When the duke visited the sergeant's house in the slums, wanting to know why the sergeant, who was not a thief, refused to be examined, what he found was that the sergeant's pockets at the time were full of bread and meat he had packed to give to his starving family. The sergeant was not allowed to have his pockets checked for the honor of a soldier of the British Empire.
  • It is said that he was a noble to the bone from his background and family generation, so he did not make eye contact with people of low status, such as servants, and did not speak to them directly.
  • Awarded in 4 countries. The Duke of Wellington in England (1814), the Duke of Victoria in Portugal (1812), the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain (1812), and the Duke of Waterloo in the Netherlands (1815).
  • After the Battle of Waterloo, he visited Waterloo again years later, and when he saw that the terrain had changed because of the Lion's Hill built by the Dutch , he said, "Damn the Dutch! They ruined my battlefield!"
  • He wasn't very proud of being Irish. She even went so far as to say, "It doesn't make sense that humans were born in stables." In fact, she was furious when she learned that when she received her title, she was related to Ireland. However, his popularity is so high that a statue was erected in Dublin, Ireland, thanks to his liberation of Catholicism during his time as Prime Minister later.
  • There is a dish called Beef Wellington , and because of its name, Arthur Wellesley wanted to eat steak on the battlefield, but the soldiers noticed and wrapped the steak in bread to make it look like eating bread to the soldiers, so it was invented. There is a yasa, but there is no clear connection. Contrary to the British culinary palate legends below, this is quite a haute cuisine, and is famous for being Gordon Ramsay 's signature dish.
  • It is assumed that the taste was a little strange. In 1812, when he was briefly ambassador to Paris, he participated in a dinner for a French aristocrat, and the duke, who invited Wellington to answer that he was okay, asked, "No, why did you come to Paris without tasting it?" In addition, his meals were irregular and he occasionally forgot a few eggs , so it seems that he wasn't very interested in the taste. Creations based on this appear in the Sharp series . During the war in the Iberian Peninsula, he fought and won a battle with Nicolas Jean-de-Dou Soult . At this time, Salt was trying to eat a delicious steak for dinner, but a battle broke out and he couldn't eat it. It was a menu that I received while having a discussion with the chef about the problem of adding vinegar and the type of seasoning. And as Wellington won the battle, the steak dish became Wellington's dinner. But Wellington took a bite of the steak and said,
    " They say French food is good, but it really doesn't taste good. Remove the seasoning from the meat and sprinkle vinegar instead. "
    said the cook. Even taking into account the possibility that the food cooled down in the middle of the battle and lost its taste, it was described as a bizarre taste. In fact, it is true that Soult's meals were captured and eaten, but Wellington has never responded to this by asking what to do with the food or how it tastes. However, the wine seems to be pretty cared for. But that's not the case, I only drank British wine.[20]
  • As a war hero, several naval warships were named after him. Instead of 'Wellington' or 'Arthur Wellesley', he uses his nickname 'Iron Duke ' .[21] The most up-to-date ship is the Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke, commissioned in 1991.
  • The official title is ridiculously long. It is because there are many things received from allies during the Napoleonic Wars as well as from Britain, their home country. The title is as follows.[22]
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    Arthur, Duke and Marquess of Wellington,
    Marquess Douro, Earl of Wellington,
    Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro,
    Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
    Knight Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
    One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and
    Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Forces.
    Field Marshal of the Austrian Army,
    Field Marshal of the Hanoverian Army,
    Field Marshal of the Army of the Netherlands,
    Marshal-General of the Portuguese Army,
    Field Marshal of the Prussian Army,
    Field Marshal of the Russian Army,
    and
    Captain-General of the Spanish Army.
    Prince of Waterloo, of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo
    and Grandee of Spain of the First Class.
    Duke of Victoria, Marquess of Torres Vedras, and Count of Vimiera in Portugal.
    Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Golden Fleece, and of the Military Orders
    of St. Ferdinand and of St. Hermenigilde of Spain.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Teresa of Austria.
    Knight of the Imperial Orders of St. Andrew, St. Alexander Newski, and St. George of Russia.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of the Sword of Sweden.
    Knight of the Order of St. Esprit of France.
    Knight of the Order of the Elephant of Denmark.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
    Knight of the Order of St. Januarius and of the Military Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit of the Two Sicilies.

    Knight or Collar of the Supreme Order of the Annunciation of Savoy.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria.
    Knight of the Royal Order of the Rue Crown of Saxony,
    Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of Wurtemberg.
    Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William of the Netherlands.
    Knight of the Order of the Golden Lion of Hesse Cassel, and Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of Fidelity and of the Lion of Baden.
    Fellow of the Royal Society, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
    Translated, it goes like this:
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    Arthur, Duke of Wellington and Marquis of Wellington;
    Marquis of Douro , Earl of Wellington
    Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro,
    Knight of the Order of the Garter , awarded the Order of the Grand Cross of Bath,
    One of Her Majesty 's most noble Privy Council members,

    Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Armies
    Field Marshal of Austria · Field Marshal of Hanover
    Field Marshal of the Netherlands · Field Marshal of Portugal
    Field Marshal of Prussia · Field Marshal of Russia
    and the commander-in-chief of the Spanish army.

    Prince of Waterloo, United Kingdom of the Netherlands[23]
    Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Kingdom of Spain[24] and Spanish grandi (high nobility) first class
    Duke of Vitoria, Kingdom of Portugal[25] , Marquis of Torres Vedras[26] , Count of Vimeiro,

    He is a Knight of the Golden Fleece Knights of the Kingdom of Spain.
    Military Medal of St. Fernando and Order of St. Hermenegildo
    Grand Cross of the Black Eagle and Red Eagle of the Kingdom of Prussia
    Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresia of the Austrian Empire
    Order of St. Andrew the Apostle of the Russian Empire , Order of St. Alexander Nevsky , Order of St. George
    Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword Military Medal of the Kingdom of Portugal
    Grand Cross of the Royal Swords Order of the Kingdom of Sweden
    Order of the Holy Spirit of the Kingdom of France ,
    Elephant Knights of the Kingdom of Denmark
    Royal Guelph Knights of the Kingdom of Hanover
    Military Medal of St. Genaro (Januario) of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and St. Ferdinando and Order of Merit
    Annunciata (Virgin Mary) of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont Highest Civil Service Medal
    Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order Maximilian Joseph of the Kingdom of Bavaria
    Crown Order of the Royal Crown of Saxony
    Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of the Kingdom of Württemberg
    Grand Cross of Willems Military Order of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Royal Gold Lion Order of the Order of the Grand Duchy of Hessen
    He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion for the faithful of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

    Fellow of the Royal Society , Chancellor of Oxford University
    Honorary Fellow of the British Society of Civil Engineers, Governor of Hampshire and Managing Governor of Sinkport .
To sum up, Austria, Hanover, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain and England together became enemies of eight countries. Other than that, except for the cluttered titles.
  • 'The victory at the Battle of Waterloo was not obtained on the battlefield, but was obtained on the campus of Eton.' It is said that he said 'here' while visiting his alma mater and giving a speech to students, pointing with his finger and saying ' here' . However, when he visited Eton in 1818, he said, "I have no doubt that my courage and spirit came from playing in this playground."
  • Various media often select about 100 former masters, and they almost inevitably rank in the top ranks. Roughly around 2-30.
  • There is a dedicated praise song. This is 'The Triumph of Wellington' composed by Ludwig van Beethoven .[27] Of course, he said that he was naturally happy to hear that a great composer like Beethoven had written a song for him.[28]

4. Family Relations

  • 1st Baron Mornington, Richard Colley Wesley (Grandfather, 1690 ~ 1758 ) / Elizabeth Sale (Grandmother, ? ~ ? )
    • 1st Earl of Mornington, Garrett Wesley (Father, 1735 ~ 1781 ) / Anne Wesley (Mother, 1742 ~ 1831 )
      • 1st Marquis of Wesley[A] , Richard Walsley (eldest brother, 1760 ~ 1842 )
      • Arthur Gerald Walsley (second brother's verse , ? to 1768 )
      • 3rd Earl of Mornington, William Walsleyfall (3rd brother, 1763 - 1845 )
      • Frances Walsley (fourth brother, 1767-1770 )
      • Anne Walsley (eldest sister, 1768 - 1844 )
      • Gerald Valerian Walsley (eldest brother, 1770-1848 )
      • Mary Elizabeth Walsley (sister, 1772-1794 )
      • Henry Walsley (second brother, 1773 - 1847 )
  • Edward Parkinham, 2nd Baron Longford (father-in-law, 1743 ~ 1792 ) / Catherine Rouley (mother-in-law, ? ~ ? )
    • Catherine Walsley (wife, 1773 - 1831 )
      • Sir Arthur Richard Willesley (eldest son, 1807 ~ 1884 ) / Charles Walsley (second son, 1808 ~ 1858 )

4.1. The current Duke of Wellington

The current Duke of Wellington, Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley (1945 - ), succeeded to the title in 2014 as the ninth generation. He is a former member of the European Parliament and a current member of the House of Lords . Antonia, Duchess of Wellington, is the fourth grandson of Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire, and the youngest daughter of Prince Friedrich of Prussia, the youngest son of German Crown Prince Wilhelm von Prussia, and is ten years younger than her husband. The current Duchess of Wellington has two sons and three daughters. For a detailed family tree, see the Hohenzollern family document.

Like his ancestors, he also holds the title of nobility in five countries.[30] In 2010, he inherited the title of Duchy of Ciudad Rodrigo of Spain, and upon the death of his father in 2014, the Duke of Victoria, Marquis of Torres Vedras and Count Vimeiro of Portugal as well as the Duke of Waterloo in England became the Duke of Victoria, Marquis of Torres Vedras. , Count of Vimeiro), heir to the Prince of Waterloo of the Netherlands and Belgium.

5. in popular culture

If you appear in a game about the Napoleonic era, most of them have abilities second only to Napoleon.
  • As it is the background of the Napoleonic Wars, it also appears in the Temeraire series . He is active against the French army that invaded England, and he speaks disapprovingly about Lawrence and Temeraire, perhaps reflecting their conservative nature, but he is not a clogged and incompetent high-ranking person , so he accepts some of the requests for the extension of his powers and makes Jane Rowland, a woman, a senator. It is also seen that it is recommended as .
  • Played by Christopher Plummer in the film Waterloo . He played Wellington's aristocratic yet cool-headed judgment. When his subordinate officer asks if it is okay to shoot Napoleon, who has appeared in person to boost the morale of the soldiers before the battle, he says that sniping is too barbaric. The problem was that these noblemen were operating the 51st Rifle Regiment, a specialized sniper unit.[31][32]
  • Appears in Sir Bernard Cornwell 's novels, The Sharp Series . As the gift of the main character , Richard Sharpe , he fully supports him after his life is saved by Sharpe in India.
  • In the novel 《 Hornblower 》, Barbara, an imaginary sister, marries the main character, Hornblower, and is mentioned a lot through her sister, although she does not appear directly.
  • In 《 Lampeleau 》, there are only two characters with 4 ability A, Napoleon and Wellington. Metternich is the only three, and there are only two such characters as Pitt, Davout, Karl, and Kutuzov.
    Napoleon: Politics B Finance C Supply B Build A Leader A Infantry A Cavalry C Artillery A
    Wellington: Politics B Finance B Supply A Build A Leader A Infantry A Cavalry B Artillery B
  • Appeared as a British marshal in the game Total War: Napoleon . One enemy for each country[33] He is one of them, possessing near-maximum commanding ability, and the ability of the first army commanders given to Britain is so arrogant that he is destined to be rolled against the French until he hires other generals. Of course, even if there are other generals, they are very active, but once they are defeated on the battlefield, their abilities may decrease, so be careful. However, since Britain's initial territory is only islands and it controls the resolution, it only needs to consider an attack on France, so a single Wellington is sufficient in the beginning.
  • In the board game 《Napoleonic War》, the ability of generals is divided into combat ability and command ability, with Napoleon being the best at 4-8, followed by Wellington at 4-6.[34] The follow-up to this work is 《Wellington》, which deals with the years from 1812 to 1814 of the Iberian Peninsular War, and of course the main character. He has a unique ability along with Soult, and even has a separate event card just for Wellington.
  • In the movie 《 007 Living Daylight 》, during a shootout with James Bond ( Timothy Dalton ) who broke into Whitaker's (Joe Don Baker) residence, he teased Bond hiding behind a bust of Wellington, but the all-purpose key chain bomb that Bond had set up exploded and destroyed the bust. fall in and meet the end[35]
  • Appears as Anne Wellesley in the Chinese SRPGBiography of a Saint 》 as a womanizer. Among the named female characters in this work, she is the only TS character, and her name seems to be derived from her older sister, Anne. She appears in the beginning with a rival atmosphere, but it is from the middle of the game that she will face her in earnest, and she is one of the opponents in the final chapter. In France, there are several characters based on real people, but in Enemy of France, there is only one named character based on a real person.
  • In the alternative historical novel 《 Life in Joseon with Crown Prince Hyomyeong》, he plotted to induce a war by alienating Joseon from the Qing Dynasty and to naturally absorb it as a colony by putting Joseon in a pile of debt with loans necessary for the war.[36] Joseon’s Response and Homosexuality in the Process[37] , and the unimaginably ragtag Qing Dynasty army and Joseon 's great victory due to the super-strong water of Joseon, compared to that of Lim Chikseo and Hyangyong's self-destruct attack, which were prepared for death.[38] In the end, the cabinet took responsibility for the riot of the British citizens, who suffered great damage in which two state-of-the-art ironclad ships were destroyed and became a laughing stock.

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  • A statue of the Duke of Wellington stands in Glasgow , Scotland . The problem is that the Duke of Wellington is an Englishman whom the Scots do not like very much . Scottish citizens, who are sick to the stomach at the statue of an English hero placed in their front yard, cannot ignorantly destroy it,[39] Instead, a traffic cone was placed over his head (...). In English-speaking descriptions, there is a depiction of a nerd or lesser person or a student being punished in class wearing a dunce cap with the word dunce written on it, which is a kind of British joke . Traffic cones were first discovered in the 1980s, so it can be said to be a traditional joke.
    The administration took off the cape, but it was put back on again and again, costing £10,000 a year just to remove the cape. In the end, the Glasgow City Council, concerned about damaging the statue and injuring citizens, had planned to raise the statue, but it was canceled because as many as 72,000 people gathered in the protest of Glasgow citizens to 'keep the cone' ( ... ) . Since then, the crowning of the statue of Lord Wellington has become a Glasgow specialty. For reference, there are statues of the Duke of Wellington in various parts of England, including London , Manchester , and Hampshire, but only Glasgow suffers such humiliation.
  • The Bangor-class battleship Wellesley, named after him , was launched in 1815. For more than 120 years, it served as one of the most senior members of the Royal Navy , and in 1940 during World War II , the Nazi Luftwaffe It was sunk by bombing from Stuka . It was the last battleship to be sunk among battleships,[40] She was the only battleship to be sunk by air bombardment.
  • He is also the godfather of Arthur Balfour, the 50th British Prime Minister and foreign secretary during World War I.
  • Together with King George IV , he is the founder of King's College London (KCL). It played a pivotal role in the establishment of KCL, and please refer to the KCL history document for details. For this reason, his descendant, the 9th Duke of Wellington, served as KCL Chairman of the Council from 2007 to 2016.

[1] honorific title for the duke himself[2] The first Duke of Wellington[3] Kingdom of Hanover. Guelphen-Orden ( German )[4] Habsburg dynasty. Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro ( Spanish ) /Orden vom Goldenen Vlies ( German )[5] Kingdom of Sweden. Kungliga Svärdsorden ( Swedish )[6] Kingdom of the Netherlands. Militaire Willems-Orde ( Dutch )[7] The major achievements are the establishment of the Torres Vedras defense line, the watering of Massena, and the enduring of the French offensive until the Prussian army arrived at the Battle of Waterloo . He was a man who could speak.[8] somewhat different from the truth. To be precise, when Wellesley's father was alive, he grew up in a well-to-do environment, but by the time he was just commissioned as his father's death, his family status had declined, and he was always worried about money. Wellesley later recalled, "I was often short of money, but I never sat helplessly in debt." When he tried to date his future wife, Katherine Packenham, her younger brother objected to him, claiming that he was poor, in debt, and uncertain about the future . Eventually, though, they succeed in getting married. Ironically, after he got married, his relationship with his wife was not very good because both of them had strong personalities. Still, they gave birth to two children. What's more ironic is that Catherine's younger brother, Edward Pakenham, who opposed the marriage, served as a bridge between the Wellesleys. Edward Pakeenham served as Wellesley's subordinate during the Iberian Peninsular War , and died in 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans in the United States, which made Andrew Jackson a national star. As an aside, to put Edward Pakeham's comment on Wellesley bluntly, he was a brave fool .[9] Maratha is a country located in central India. Although Indian, they were trained by Europeans and were able to fight alongside European armies. Upon examining the cannons, which were trophies after winning the Battle of Asaye, it was said that they were operated in the French standard way. In this battle, the Indians used superior numbers of musketeers and artillery, which the British defeated with heavy cavalry.[10] To describe the course of the Battle of Assaye in more detail, at the time of the Battle of Assaye, Wellington had 9,500 troops, 20,000 Maratha infantry armed in the traditional way, 40,000 cavalry and 10,800 European-trained infantry. They fought head-to-head with a total of 70,800 Maratha troops and won. This was partly due to Wellington's superior command and the rigorous discipline and discipline of the British soldiers, but also largely due to serious divisions within the Maratha army. At the time, the Maratha army was commanded by two generals, Lagoji Bonsle and Sindia. Bonsle, who had a feud with Sindia, ran away with his army, so the Maratha army was thrown into confusion and the British army attacked frontally. It was not able to block the attack properly. Source: Countries that have disappeared from the map / Written by Do Hyeon-sin / Seohae Munjip / pp. 222-224[11] At that time, the Indian army as a whole was neglected because it was too busy fighting the British. That's why the reaction came out, asking if it's a matter of pride after destroying the rags.[12] In fact, it is not wrong to say that until the 19th century, about 80% of soldiers enlisting in the British Army were either unemployed without finding another job or came from very poor slums . The military was in disarray. In fact, even in the 21st century, those who become professional soldiers as enlisted soldiers, not officers, are the majority of the economically underprivileged.[13] At that time, the British + Spanish + Portuguese allied forces numbered 78,000, and the French army 58,000. About 4,500 of the allied forces were killed, and the French army took about 2,000 prisoners with 8,000 dead. The rest are said to have escaped and succeeded in returning to France. The treasures of Spain, which were plundered by the French army at the time, were estimated to be at least 5 million pounds in currency value at the time, and no one knows the exact amount. Of this, Wellington officially recovered only about £25,000, and it is estimated that British soldiers plundered about £1 million. Even a soldier named Edward Costello of the British Army's 95th Regiment swung his butt a few times and lost 1,000 pounds. In fact, the British soldiers who looted 1 million pounds were the third looters. The first was of course the French soldiers who diligently took care of what they had to take while fleeing after being beaten in the back by the British, and the second was the residents of Vitoria who lived nearby. It was a complete mess, with team kills, murder, looting, arson rampant, and ignorant soldiers and residents ripping off the paintings from the bags of masterpieces and using them to wrap silverware and jewelry. The French army had completely collapsed and was unable to maintain its troops and was on the run. The carriage in which Joseph, the older brother of Napoleon and the King of Spain, was riding was overtaken by British cavalry. I was cornered to such an extent that I should have jumped out. However, the battle and the expansion did not work properly because the British soldiers were busy taking care of the treasures scattered everywhere. Wellington was upset not only because the money was not collected. In addition, the horsemen who attacked Joseph's carriage failed to catch him, but it is said that he took the potty he left in the carriage as a trophy and used it as a drinking cup.[14] Because of this, China tends to look down on Arthur Wellesley.[15] His house in London still stands.[16] Similarly, Clemens von Metternich also left about two photographic materials in his later years.[17] Originally, in the West, food was eaten simply with the fingers. Forks for dipping food first appeared in the Eastern Roman Empire in the 10th century, but became common in Western Europe only around the 18th century, because there were many complaints about why people were uncomfortable eating food with a fork when they could just eat it comfortably with their fingers. There was even a strong prejudice that dipping food with a fork was not manly. For this reason, a bowl of water for washing your fingers called a finger bowl is still served in formal high-end Western-style restaurants, reflecting the original Western custom of dipping your fingers in water after eating. In any case, it is an unfamiliar culture outside of Europe, and in modern times, due to the development of water supply, many Europeans do not know unless they have the economic power to go to these restaurants often. In addition, the real formal finger ball is not just plain water, but lemon and various spices are added together, so it can be mistaken for a real drink. In fact, other than this anecdote, there are various anecdotes about fingerballs, so Elizabeth II and a high-ranking Chinese official met and had a meal together, and the Chinese official also drank fingerballs like this soldier. There is an anecdote about hearing a fingerball. A formal example is important, but an anecdote that shows that consideration for the other person is also important.[18] Even people like Clausewitz, who lost his job because of Napoleon's army and country, and Scharnhorst, who lost his life as a bonus, did not deny that Napoleon was a tactical genius, even though they called him a mad war maniac . Wellington himself is a solid soldier type, so it is difficult to see him as a type who exalts his opponent while exalting himself.[19] In fact, just by looking at the episode about this person, you can easily guess that he is the type that is hard to become popular.[20] In fact, Arthur Wellesley's taste may have just been the general taste of the British, rather than a peculiar one.[21] British naval gunboats during the Battle of Jutland.[22] Source: London Gazette Gazette of the Death of the Duke of Wellington, 6 December 1852 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21388/page/3563[23] Awarded for victory at the Battle of Waterloo in July 1815[24] Fort serving as a gateway to Spain and Portugal, occupied by French forces in 1810, captured by British forces under Wellesley (then Earl of Wellington) in 1812, awarded in January 1812[25] Awarded in December 1812[26] Name of the front line formed by Wellington during the Peninsular War, awarded in 1812[27] It is not the Battle of Waterloo, but the song commemorating the victory at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813 to support the Spanish resistance against France. At the time of composition, Napoleon entered the path of downfall due to the defeat of the Battle of Leipzig, and it was popularly played in this atmosphere.[28] Beethoven initially composed 'Hero' for Napoleon Bonaparte, who seemed to have overthrown the monarchy and transferred power to ordinary citizens, but when Napoleon ascended to the throne, he was disappointed and soon hated it. . It's a pretty ironic twist.[A] 2nd Earl of Mornington[30] Although Belgium split after Arthur Wellesley received the Dutch nobility, it recognized the validity of the title as well.[31] This is a reflection of real history. Even at the time, sniping the commander was treated as a despicable act. The British Army Rifle Regiment was created under the influence of the American War of Independence, and in addition to that, while commanders were shot and killed steadily during the battle (typically, the biggest factor in France's victory at the Battle of Auerstedt was the Prussian commander's ranks). Several commanders were shot and the command was thrown into chaos) But openly shooting senior commanders was still taboo. The biggest reason was the reason to leave a political conversation partner and the class bond between the commanders who were centered on the nobility.[32] There is also a gag scene that seems to have come from Wellington's prohibition of plundering. On a rainy day, while patrolling the soldiers, he saw a soldier who was visibly nervous and greeted him. It takes time to notice things right away. When the soldier smirkingly said, "I don't know why it's here, my back is itching for some reason!", he asks where he got the pig. Then the soldier makes an excuse that he did not plunder, but that the pig came to me. Then, they say that looting is the death penalty. When the terrified soldier told me that the piglet had gone astray and wanted to report it, he laughed in amazement and ordered me to be promoted to corporal before leaving. Judging from this scene and the scenes that follow, it can be assumed that the soldiers were afraid of him and convinced that he would follow his orders, and acknowledged that he gave a logical answer somehow while trembling with fear. In the battle that followed, the soldier did his job.[33] Even if you fall down on the battlefield, it is treated as an injury and resurrected in the capital. The other generals are treated as warriors without hesitation. In France, of course, Napoleon Bonaparte .[34] Davout, Soult, and Kutuzov, who are 3-6, are next.[35] What Whitaker said while being sarcastic was, "Did you hide behind Wellington, saying you're the same Englishman as you? Wellington took a Belgian mercenary from Waterloo to catch Napoleon." was[36] It was great that Crown Prince Hyomyeong was shocked by the reality of the slums.[37] After negotiating with Lin Chixu, he put opium on the banned list and tried to make a cause for war by smuggling it using all kinds of methods, scraping Lin's temper, but when Lin Chixu endured it with superhuman endurance, he changed his strategy and pretended to be a mistake while smuggling and sold it to Joseon. By showing the musket, Lin Chi-seo notices that Joseon is preparing for war with the Qing Dynasty. Thanks to this, the basic of Joseon's anti-Qing strategy, 'preemptive attack before the Qing Dynasty gathers forces and capture Beijing' became useless, and also prevented France from supporting Joseon by sending an ironclad steamer to check the French fleet in Vietnam. abandoned[38] The main characters knew that there was no way to destroy the latest British ironclad ships at the level of the Qing Dynasty , so they sent 25 super-large jade depth charges , which were at least possible . At first, Lin Zexu was reluctant to use a suicide weapon that did not consider the user's safety at all, but after realizing that there was no reasonable way to defeat the British ironclad ships, he ordered a suicide attack with tears in tears for the volunteers who volunteered to defend their hometown. The main characters also said that the self-destruct weapon was the best.[39] That's not to say that the people of Glasgow were really upset that the statue was erected. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Scottish Regiment also fought hard as part of the British Army, and among them, the 79th and 92nd Highlander Regiments were among the most heavily fought units during the Battle of Waterloo. In fact, there has never been a serious talk of demolishing or relocating the statue of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow. This is just a joke and joke.[40] HMS Foodroyant was scuttled in 1949, and HMS Victory remains to this day.
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