Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister

by Norman Gash

  • Childhood and early military career
  • Early Indian campaigns, 1797–1802
  • Defeat of the Marathas, 1802–1805
  • Return to England and marriage, 1806–1807
  • Chief secretary for Ireland, 1807–1808
  • The Peninsular War: Vimeiro and the convention of Cintra
  • The Peninsular War: Talavera
  • The Peninsular War: Busaco, Almeida, and Badajoz
  • Campaigning in Spain, 1812
  • The liberation of Spain, 1812–1814
  • Aspects of Wellington's generalship, 1808–1814
  • Paris and Vienna, 1814–1815
  • Preparing to face Napoleon
  • Preparations for Waterloo
  • The battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815
  • Occupation of France, 1815–1818
  • Private life, 1818–1835
  • Cabinet minister, 1818–1827
  • Declining to serve under Canning, 1827
  • Prime minister, 1828–1830
  • Foreign affairs
  • Domestic affairs
  • Catholic emancipation
  • Disintegration of the government
  • The crisis of reform, 1831–1832
  • Conservative statesman, 1833–1846
  • Commander-in-chief and other appointments, 1820–1852
  • Chancellor of Oxford University
  • Other offices
  • Character and personality
  • Physical characteristics, illnesses, and death
  • Retrospect

References

See also

Themes

  • Secretaries of state for foreign affairs
  • Leaders of the Conservative and the Conservative and Unionist parties
  • Prime ministers of the United Kingdom
  • Cinque Ports in the Oxford DNB

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