Original: 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 Irish (Anglo-Irish) soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century.
Simplified: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May, 1769 – 14 September, 1852) was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman.