page_title: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
section_title: Nicknames
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington / Nicknames
caption_attribution_description: English: Apsley House in 1829 by TH Shepherd. The main gateway to Hyde Park can be glimpsed on the left. Français&#160;: Apsley House en 1829 par TH Shepherd. L'entrée principale donnant sur Hyde Park peut être aperçue à gauche de la gravure.
context_page_description: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC FRS was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. He ended the Napoleonic Wars when he defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
  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.
caption: Apsley House in 1829, by Thomas H. Shepherd
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