Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-02
THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.


on preceding page We have now some further
particulars, for which we are indebted to the New
York Commercial Advertiser, as follows:
The immediate cause of the Dukes death was apopexy
He was in the Saith year of his age not quite old
at first reported 1t is understood that Lord Mahon
is appointed his literary executor. The Marquis of
Douro now Duke of Wellington, in Germany at the
time to whom dispatches Immediately sent and he
had returned to England. The funeral soemnites
to be of national character and portions of the
press advocating the extension of the patent of
bility to the female heirs of the Duke.
The decease of one who was all his lifetime promi-
nently before the world has naturally turned attention
to the series of with which his is associated
and the part he took therein and the English papers
loaded with memoirs Of his campaigns, and the mi
details of his eventful lfe much more condensed
biographical review of the usrious Dukes career will
be sufficient for readers, who we apprchend, are
generally familiar with the history of Europe during the
more than hree-quarters of century which his life
has reached.
The st of May 1862 is generally regarded the birth
day of Arthur Wellesley and Dangan Castle in thecounty
of Meath Ireland his place of birth About the times
and place of his birth there is however much ambiguity
especially upon the latter point Some bographers assert
that the deceased born at Mornngton House. in the
city of Dublin and the register of St. Peters Church, in
that city, records the christening of Arthur Of the
right honorable Earl and Countess of Mornington on
the 30h of April 1863 This uncertainty is remarkable,
considering the worldwide fame of its subject The
Duke himself his day annually the 18th
Of June 1t is certain that he born in Ireland, in
the year 1862 that which also gave Napoleon to the
world.
Two families both English originally but Irish by
settlement and adoption the Coeys of Castle Carbery
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lineage whence he sprang The of Wellesley was
adopted by the first Marquis in 1897. The Duke of We'll
lington entered the army Arthur Wesley His father
died when Arthur about twelve years of age The
youth for education first to Eton, then to pr
vate tutor Brighton and subsequently the military
academy at Anglers in France In his eighteenth year.
the eth of March, 1887, he received his first commits
sion ensign in the I'D regiment of foot
Though his familys influence with the Government
was not sufficient for the young soldier to rely upon for
promotion it probably great enough to prevent his
merits from being overlooked At the end of four years
and three months his is found upon the list of cap
tains On the Both of April 1898, when twenty four
years of age he entered the 33d regiment in which he
promoted to a colonelcy, and commanded the
regiment during the early stages of his active and
proud career which may be said to have commenced in
1884, when be embarked at Cork in command of the 3d.
for service upon the continent of Europe the army of
the Duke of York
II may be mentioned that in the time viz. at the
age of twenty-one Arthur Wellesley had seat in the
House of Commons representing the SMALL close borough
Of Trim, on the family estate. His brief Parliamentary
career attracted no attention.
With the defeat of the army of the Duke of York in the
low countries readers familiar. COL Weesley's
regiment subsequently ordered the West Indies.
and
delayed the departure Of the feet in which they
barked and compelled it Portsmouth without
accomplishing its object In the spring of 1896 Colonel
Wellesley received directions embark his regiment for
Bengal At this period his health suddenly failed, and
he unable TO embark with his regiment He subse-
queny succeeded in joining it the Cape of Good Hope,
and landed with it in Calcutta in February 1897.
1t remarkable that proverbiay strong his const
tuition aferward became the Duke Of Wellington in
his earlier days subject attacks of sickness and deb
ty which not unfrequently threatened to be fatal.
The state Of affairs in the East Indies when Col We'll
lesley arrived there is recorded in easily accessible his
tories. His regiment, after being engaged for short
time in expedition against Manila, was transferred
from Bengal and placed upon the Madras establishment
where Col Wellesley arrived in September 179s and by
the commander-inchef Of the army General afterward
Lord Harris, stationed at wallaahbad with the re-
practcing the forces intended for the principal exped
ton. The colonels elder brother Lord Morningon was
then Goyenor-General Of India. The COOL prompt and
correct Judgment Of the accomplished military taccian
repeatedly evnced both in the dispatches and
important movements Of Col Wellesley during this cam
paign In 1899, the British expedition against TppOo
having been successful Col Wellesley appointed Gov
ernor OF seringapatam. Arthur Wellesley had
sideraton and renown In 1903 the war finally clos
ed In 1906 COL Wellesley returned to England TO take
part in the against France by the third European
coalition, TO which England party His services in
the East had earned for him major generalship the
knghhood Of the BATH and the thanks of the King and
Parliament Of his country.
Minor operations engaged the attention Of Sir Arthur
Wellesley until 1907, when he won additional renown bv
his conduct at Copenhagen and his services were &C
knOwedged by special parliamentary vote Of thanks
lie elected to Parliament by the borough Of Rye and
subsequently appointed Chief Secretary Of Ireland
Next followed the Peninsular war, the command Of
the army Of which Sir Arthur Wellesley was temporarily
appointed the nstgation Of Lord Castlerearh Here
again approach the confines Of familiar history within
which il Is unnecessary to enter Douro Taavera Tor
Yedras, Fuentes d'0noro, Ciudad Rodrigo Badaoz
Salamanca, familiar every reader Of Euro
rewarded by being created Baron Douro and vicount
Wellington, with pension Of 81, 600 per annum. and
succession for two generations Soon followed the add
tonal rank Of marquis simultaneously with his riumpha
entry into Madrid in 1872 In 1913 he achieved the oreo,