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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington


00:02:29 1 Early life and education
00:05:07 2 Military career
00:05:16 2.1 Early career
00:08:12 2.2 Netherlands
00:10:34 2.3 India
00:11:15 2.3.1 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
00:12:51 2.3.1.1 Seringapatam
00:17:04 2.3.2 Dhoondiah Waugh insurgency
00:19:37 2.3.3 Second Anglo-Maratha War
00:20:19 2.3.3.1 Assaye
00:22:38 2.3.3.2 Argaum and Gawilghur
00:23:54 2.3.4 Leaving India
00:24:46 2.4 Back in Britain, meeting Nelson
00:26:37 2.5 War on Denmark
00:27:38 2.6 Peninsular War
00:28:26 2.6.1 1808
00:29:55 2.6.2 1809
00:32:21 2.6.3 1810
00:33:09 2.6.4 1811
00:33:52 2.6.5 1812
00:35:24 2.6.6 1813
00:37:48 2.6.7 Aftermath
00:40:08 2.7 Waterloo campaign
00:41:49 2.7.1 Battle
00:48:41 2.7.2 Controversy
00:51:28 3 Political career
00:52:02 3.1 Prime Minister
00:52:47 3.2 Catholic Emancipation
00:55:50 3.3 The Reform Act
00:57:06 3.4 Jewish emancipation
00:57:46 3.5 Conservative government
00:59:43 4 Family
01:00:45 5 Retirement
01:02:25 5.1 Death and funeral
01:05:14 6 Personality
01:10:23 7 Titles and tributes
01:10:42 8 Nicknames
01:10:51 8.1 The Iron Duke
01:12:52 9 See also



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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington,  (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister. His victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 puts him in the first rank of Britain's military heroes.
Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He was commissioned as 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. He was a colonel by 1796, and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian army under Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.
Wellington is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against numerically superior forces while minimising his own losses. He is regarded as one of the greatest defensive commanders of all time, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still studied in military academies around the world.
After the end of his active military career, Wellington returned to politics. He was twice British prime minister as part of the Tory party: from 1828 to 1830, and for a little less than a month in 1834. He oversaw the passage of the Catholic Relief Act 1829, but opposed the Reform Act 1832. He continued as one of the leading figures in the House of Lords until his retirement and remained Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his death.