Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Politician
1807 – 1884
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Who was Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington?
Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC, styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
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- Born
- Feb 3, 1807
Soho - Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Eton College
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Died
- Aug 13, 1884
Brighton
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on July 23, 2013
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