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Wikipedia: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century. Born in Ireland to a prominent Ascendancy family, he was commissioned an ensign in the British Army in 1787. Serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons.
![[The Duke's funeral procession passing through Trafalgar Square.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/EmilySDrummondWellingtonFuneral1852_s.jpg "The Duke's funeral procession passing through Trafalgar Square.")
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![[Arthur Wellesley as Lieutenant colonel, aged 26, now in the 33rd Regiment]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Field_Marshal_Arthur_Wellesley_KG_CCB_GCH_CoR_1st_Duke_of_Wellington2_s.jpg "Arthur Wellesley as Lieutenant colonel, aged 26, now in the 33rd Regiment")
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![[Arthur Wellesley, as depicted by the British painter Thomas Phillips.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Phillips_Arthur_Wellesley_2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington_s.jpg "Arthur Wellesley, as depicted by the British painter Thomas Phillips.")
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