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	Arthur Wellesley
		Wellesley was born on May 1, 1769, in Dublin and educated at Eton College and the Military Academy of Angers in France.
		Arthur took part in several military campaigns; in the Battle of Assaye in 1803, he subdued the Marathas, then the dominant people of India.
		Wellesley was involved in the struggle against Napoleon.
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	Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
		Wellesley had already furnished a ‘memorandum upon operations in the Mahratta territory’, and as soon as he learnt that Madras troops were to be used, he offered his services, pointing out that his pursuit of Dhoondiah had made him well acquainted with the country and people.
		Wellesley was appointed to the staff of the Kent district on 30 October, and a month afterwards he was given command of a brigade in the expedition to Hanover under Lord Cathcart.
		Wellesley concurred in the principle of it, thinking that, as the French had not been cut off from Lisbon, it was best to allow them to evacuate Portugal; and on 22 August he signed, by Dalrymple's desire, the armistice which was the prelude to it, though he disapproved of some details.
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		Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century.
		Wellesley was educated at Eton from 1781 to 1785, then moved to Brussels (Belgium) to receive further education.
		Upon his return to England, Wellesley was elected MP for Rye (in the British House of Commons) for six months in 1806; a year later, he was elected MP for Newport, Isle of Wight, a constituency he would represent for two years.
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		Wellesley was born on May 1, 1769, in Dublin and educated at Eton College and the Military Academy of Angers in France.
		Arthur took part in several military campaigns; in the Battle of Assaye in 1803, he subdued the Marathas, then the dominant people of India.
		Wellesley was involved in the struggle against Napoleon.
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	Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
		Wellesley was appointed to the staff of the Kent district on 30 October, and a month afterwards he was given command of a brigade in the expedition to Hanover under Lord Cathcart.
		Wellesley meant to march next day on Torres Vedras, to secure the pass, but learning that the brigades of Acland and Anstruther were off the coast, he took a position at Vimeiro to cover their disembarkation.
		Wellesley concurred in the principle of it, thinking that, as the French had not been cut off from Lisbon, it was best to allow them to evacuate Portugal; and on 22 August he signed, by Dalrymple's desire, the armistice which was the prelude to it, though he disapproved of some details.
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	Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington 1769-1852
		Arthur Wellesley, the son of the Earl of Mornington, was born in Dublin in 1769.
		Although a member of the government, Arthur Wellesley remained in the army and in 1808 he was sent to aid the Portuguese against the French.
		Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington died in 1852 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
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		Wellesley learnt his military trade in India applying his study of the art of war, brought on by the ineptitude of his fellow officers, to practical matters in India.
		Wellesley's newly appointed commanders - Sir Harry Burrard and Sir Hew Dalrymple - shamed the British army by negotiating the Convention of Cintra, which allowed repatriation of Junot's army, with equipment - and on British ships - to the safety of France.
		Wellesley emerged unscathed from the inquiry that followed and celebrated his return to the Peninsula with the audacious capture of Oporto, via a hazardous river crossing, from Marshal Soult.
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Summary
		The British soldier and statesman Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), was one of the pacifiers of British India, an important architect of the downfall of Napoleon I, and a major political figure.
		Wellesley was elected MP for Rye (in the British House of Commons) for six months in 1806; a year later, he was elected MP for Newport on the Isle of Wight, a constituency he would represent for two years.
		Unfortunately, Wellesley was superseded in command of the British army, and he was compelled to sign the controversial Convention of Cintra, which stipulated that the British navy would transport the French army out of Lisbon with all their loot; Wellesley was recalled to Britain to face a tribunal brought about by political opponents in Parliament.
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	Chemistry - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
		Wellesley was educated at Eton from 1781 to 1785, then moved to Brussels (Belgium) to receive further education.
		The next year, his elder brother, Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, was appointed Governor-General of India, and when war broke out in 1799 against the Sultan of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, Arthur Wellesley commanded a division of his own.
		Upon his return to England, Wellesley was elected MP for Rye (in the British House of Commons) for six months in 1806; a year later, he was elected MP for Newport, Isle of Wight, a constituency he would represent for two years.
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	Arthur Wellesley Peel - LoveToKnow 1911
		ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL PEEL, 1ST Viscount (1829-), English statesman, youngest son of the great Sir Robert Peel, was born on the 3rd of August 1829, and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
		He unsuccessfully contested Coventry in 1863; in 1865 he was elected in the liberal interest for Warwick, for which he sat until his elevation to the peerage.
		His eldest son, William Robert Wellesley Peel (b.
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		Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Marquess of Douro, Marquess of Wellington, Earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro of Wellesley (May 1, 1769 - September 14, 1852) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who became a British soldier and politician.
		Young Wellesley entered the army in 1787 and was trained in England and at the Military Academy of Angers, France.
		Following the successful conclusion of that campaign, Arthur was appointed to the supreme military and political command in the Deccan; while in that position he defeated the robber chieftain Dhundia Wagh (who had ironically escaped prison in Seringapatam during the last battle of the Mysore war) and the Marathas (in 1803).
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Maratha War of 1803, Wellesley commanded the outnumbered British army at Assaye and Argaum, and stormed the fortress at Gawilghur.
		Wellesley defeated the French at the Battle of Roliça and the Battle of Vimeiro in 1808.
		Wellesley was recalled to Britain to face a Court of Enquiry.
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Britannia Biographies
		Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, the fifth son of the 1st Earl of Mornington, a nondescript Anglo-Irish peer.
		By strategic use of the purchase system, Wellesley was able to rise extremely quickly from the status of a junior officer to that of lieutenant-colonel of the 33rd Foot at the age of 25.
		After his regiment was sent to India in 1796 Wellesley began to distinguish himself in the field.
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	Arthur Wellesley. The Duke of Wellington. (1769-1852)
		In 1787 Wellesley joined up into the British Army, serving his time as an officer and slowly but surely working his way up through the ranks until in 1799 he was given the command of a division in the war against the Sultan of Tipu in India.
		As it happened Wellesley’s brother Richard was the Governor General of India at that time and appointed Wellesley as Supreme Commander of the Deccan, a post that he held until 1805.
		It was during this campaign that Wellesley realised the importance of espionage and created his first espionage service, their goal to infiltrate the French and Spanish forces and report back directly to him troop movements, strengths and positions of Napoleons troops.
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Picture - MSN Encarta
		British general Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is best known for his victory over Napoleon at the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
		A leader of the Tory party in the British Parliament as well as a soldier, Wellington was known as the Iron Duke for his steadfastness.
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	BBC - History - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852)
		Wellesley saw success, with the invasion of Mysore and defeat of Tipu Sultan, and the breaking of Mahratta influence in 1803.
		In 1809 he assumed control of the British, Portuguese and Spanish forces in the Peninsular War and eventually, with his drunken troops he thought were the 'scum of the earth', saw the French out of Spain.
		Duties as Ambassador to the court of Louis XVIII and the Congress of Vienna were shortened by Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815.
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		Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of, 1769–1852, British soldier and statesman.
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Totally Explained
		Wellesley served in the abortive Anglo-Russian expedition to north Germany in 1805.
		The next year, Wellesley was preparing to command an expedition to Venezuela, when the Spanish revolt began the Peninsular War and he was sent to Portugal instead.
		Prince Arthur was also born on the first of May; and as a toddler, young Arthur was encouraged to remind people that the Duke of Wellington was his godfather.
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	Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
		Eventually Wellesley obtained the rank of captain and became aide-de-camp to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
		Although a member of the government, Arthur Wellesley remained in the army and in 1808 he was sent to aid the Portuguese against the French.
		In 1814 Wellesley was granted the title, the Duke of Wellington.
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	1st duke of Arthur Wellesley Wellington - Encyclopedia.com
		Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st duke of 1769-1852, British soldier and statesman.
		Wellesley entered the army in 1787 and, aided by his brother Richard (later Marquess Wellesley), rose rapidly in rank.
		He held a command in Flanders (1794-95) and in 1796 went with his regiment to India.
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	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikiquote
		Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman.
		He rose to prominence during the Peninsula War and became a national hero in England after the Napoleonic Wars, during which he led the victorious Anglo-Allied forces at the Battle of Waterloo.
		I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.
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	Columbia Encyclopedia - Wellington Arthur Wellesley 1st duke of - AOL Research & Learn
		Columbia Encyclopedia - Wellington Arthur Wellesley 1st duke of - AOL Research & Learn
		Wellesley entered the army in 1787 and, aided by his brother Richard (later Marquess Wellesley), rose rapidly in rank.
		He held a command in Flanders (1794–95) and in 1796 went with his regiment to India.
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		It was in the years following his return to England that the younger Wellesley undertook the events that made his place in history.
		A French counter-attack put British forces in a precarious position, but Wellesley was given command of all allied armies in Spain.
		Returning to England hailed as the conquering hero, Wellesley was appointed Duke of Wellington, a title his descendants hold to this day.
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