"Wellington Monument, Dublin The Wellington Monument (), or more correctly the Wellington Testimonial, is an obelisk located in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. The testimonial is situated at the southeast end of the Park, overlooking Kilmainham and the River Liffey. The structure is tall, making it the largest obelisk in Europe. The Wellington Testimonial was built to commemorate the victories of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Wellington, the British politician and general, also known as the 'Iron Duke', was born in either counties Meath or Dublin. Originally planned to be located in Merrion Square, it was built in the"
"Duke of Wellington (title) Duke of Wellington is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It derived from Wellington in Somerset, and was created for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Marquess of Wellington (born The Hon. Arthur Wesley) (1769–1852), the Anglo-Irish Army leader who is distinguished for leading the decisive victory with Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher over Napoleon Bonaparte's forces at Waterloo in Brabant (now Walloon Brabant, Belgium); Wellesley later served twice as British prime minister. The first duke's father was created the Earl of Mornington and their male-line ancestors were wealthy agricultural and urban landowners in both countries, among"
"Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), 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 and Prime Minister, 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. Wellesley was born at Harley Street, Marylebone, London, the"
"associate himself with the Duke of Wellington in his form of dress. Patrick Brontë (17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861), was born in Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, of a family of farm workers of moderate means. His birth name was Patrick Prunty or Brunty. His mother Alice McClory, was of the Roman Catholic faith, whilst his father Hugh was a Protestant, and Patrick was brought up in his father's faith. He was a bright young man and, after being taught by the Rev. Thomas Tighe, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied divinity and"
"Henry Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington Henry Valerian George Wellesley, 6th Duke of Wellington (14 July 1912 – 16 September 1943), styled Earl of Mornington between 1912 and 1934 and Marquess of Douro between 1934 and 1941, was a British peer and politician. Wellington was the son of Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington and the Hon. Lilian Maud Glen Coats, daughter of Lord Glentanar. On 14 October 1933, he received a commission as a reserve second lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and received a regular commission in the same rank in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 13 November"
"Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, (2 July 1915 – 31 December 2014), styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, was a senior British peer and a brigadier in the British Army. His main residence was Stratfield Saye House in Hampshire. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1972 until 1999, losing his seat by the House of Lords Act. Wellington was born in Rome, Italy, on 2 July 1915, the son of Lord Gerald Wellesley, future 7th Duke of Wellington, by his wife Dorothy Violet, daughter of"
"John Plimmer John Plimmer (28 June 1812 – 5 January 1905) was an English settler and entrepreneur in New Zealand who has been called the ""Father of Wellington"". Plimmer was born at a village called in contemporary accounts ""Upton-under-Amon"" near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on 28 June 1812, youngest but one of 12 children of Isaac Plimmer, builder and timber merchant, and his wife Mary (""nee"" Roden). Identifiably the village is Upton Magna, which lies under Haughmond Hill, where he was baptised on 19 July that year. (Transcribed parish register has corresponding parents' names.) Educated at a local parish school, he"
"of Plimmer Steps off Lambton Quay, Wellington. The McKinnon brothers Don, Ian, John and Malcolm are great-great-grandsons of Plimmer. The Plimmer Towers office complex is named after him. John Plimmer John Plimmer (28 June 1812 – 5 January 1905) was an English settler and entrepreneur in New Zealand who has been called the ""Father of Wellington"". Plimmer was born at a village called in contemporary accounts ""Upton-under-Amon"" near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on 28 June 1812, youngest but one of 12 children of Isaac Plimmer, builder and timber merchant, and his wife Mary (""nee"" Roden). Identifiably the village is Upton Magna,"
"Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British aristocrat and politician. He has served as Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) and has sat as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 2015. Wellington was born in 1945 at Princess Christian Nursing Home, Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest son of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and the former Diana McConnel. He"
"Wellington, Maine Wellington is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The town was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The population was 260 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 260 people, 124 households, and 82 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 278 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.3% White, 1.9%"
"him by his father. In accordance with Spanish procedure, Wellington (then styled as the Marquess of Douro) made a formal claim to the title with the Spanish Ministry of Justice. King Juan Carlos of Spain, through his Minister, granted the succession to the Dukedom of Ciudad Rodrigo to Wellington on May 2010. Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British aristocrat and politician. He has served as Conservative Party Member of"
"Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow the rebuilding of London Bridge. While sitting for a later portrait by Charles Robert Leslie, Wellington recalled that Chantrey had told him he had a"
"families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 26.0% of those sixty five or over. Wellington, Maine Wellington is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The town was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The population was 260 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 260 people, 124 households, and 82 families residing in"
"William selected the name Wellington for its similarity to the family surname of Wellesley, which derives from the village of Wellesley in Somerset, not far from that of Wellington. Since he did not return to England until the Peninsular War was over, he was awarded all his patents of nobility in a single day. The Duke of Wellington stood as godfather to Queen Victoria's seventh child, Prince Arthur, in 1850. Prince Arthur was also born on the first of May; and as a toddler, young Arthur was encouraged to remind people that the Duke of Wellington was his godfather. The"
"airport in the country. Wellington's transport network includes train and bus lines which reach as far as the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa, and ferries connect the city to the South Island. Wellington takes its name from Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the Battle of Waterloo (1815): his title comes from the town of Wellington in the English county of Somerset. It was named in November 1840 by the original settlers of the New Zealand Company on the suggestion of the directors of the same, in recognition of the Duke's strong support for the company's"
"it could. Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow The equestrian Wellington Statue is a statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, located on Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located outside the Gallery of Modern Art near the end of Ingram Street. The statue was sculpted by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844. Capping the statue with a traffic cone has become a traditional practice in the city, claimed to represent the humour of the local population and believed to date back to the first half of the 1980s, if not before. The"
"Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, (9 June 1876 – 11 December 1941), known as Arthur Wellesley from 1876 to 1900, and as Marquess of Douro from 1900 to 1934, was a British nobleman and landowner. Wellesley was the son of Lord Arthur Charles Wellesley and his wife Kathleen Bulkeley Williams. His father inherited the title and vast Wellington estates on his older brother's death in 1900, and became the 4th Duke of Wellington. Wellesley attended Eton between 1890 and 1895, and later attended Trinity College at Cambridge. He was commissioned as a"
"Wellington the title of Duke of Wellington. Wellington was a military commander who gained great fame fighting Napoleon and eventually became Prime Minister twice. George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, was instrumental in the Highland Clearances. William IV created him Duke of Sutherland on 28 January 1833. Hugh Grosvenor was one of the richest men in the Empire and already the Marquess of Westminster. In 1874 he was made a Duke. His descendant, the 6th Duke, was the richest man in Britain for many years. In 1876, the title Duke of Gordon was created. This was so that Charles"
"of the Battle of Waterloo, and seven months before his 100th birthday. Wellington was twice engaged to Lady Rose Paget, the daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, who eventually married the Hon. John Francis McLaren. On 28 January 1944 he married Diana Ruth McConnel (1922–2010), only daughter of Major-General Douglas McConnel CB, CBE, of Knockdolian, Colmonell, Ayr, at St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem. With Diana, he had five children: Apart from his British titles, Wellington held the hereditary titles of 8th Prince of Waterloo (""Prins van Waterloo"") of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Duke of the Victory"
"Duke of Wellington, aged just 33. A keen bowls player, he had only been there about 3 years and upon his death, his wife Mrs Rockingham then took on the licence[1]. Earlier, in 1910,[2], the Landlord of The Duke of Wellington was recorded as Walter E. Parcel, his wife Mrs Parcel being the landlady and Fanny Kersley being the barmaid. Prior to that, in September 1903, the Duke of Wellington was sold at auction[1] (at the Tontine Hotel, Ironbridge with Barber & Sons as the auctioneers) to the Lichfield Brewery Company for £1,050, plus an extra £40 5s for fixtures."
"Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow The equestrian Wellington Statue is a statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, located on Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located outside the Gallery of Modern Art near the end of Ingram Street. The statue was sculpted by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844. Capping the statue with a traffic cone has become a traditional practice in the city, claimed to represent the humour of the local population and believed to date back to the first half of the 1980s, if not before. The statue is"
"Portrait of the Duke of Wellington The Portrait of the Duke of Wellington is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya of the British general Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington during the latter's service in the Peninsular War. One of three portraits Goya painted of Wellington, it was begun in 1812, after the subject's entry into Madrid, showing him as an earl in red uniform and wearing the Peninsular Medal. The artist then modified it in 1814 to show him in full dress black uniform with gold braid and to add the Order of the Golden Fleece and"
"Mornington House Mornington House was the Dublin social season Georgian residence of the Earls of Mornington. It is in Merrion Street, close to Leinster House, the former city residence of the Dukes of Leinster, where the Irish parliament now sits. Arthur Wellesley, the fourth son of the Earl of Mornington, later a Field Marshal(1813), then 1st Duke of Wellington(1814) and British prime minister, is said to have been born there, though other sources suggest he was born in the family's country seat, Dangan Castle, near Summerhill, County Meath. His mother gave 1 May as his birthday, and he himself so"
"inscribed on each side of the plinth; on its ends is the inscription ""Erected June 18 1844"". A brass plaque at the plinth's base reads: Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow"
"Wellington, New South Wales Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia, located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers. It is within the local government area of Dubbo Regional Council. The town is from Sydney on the Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highway. The area was originally occupied by the Wiradjuri people. Explorer John Oxley was the first European to discover the area in 1817 and named it ""Wellington Valley"" after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Wellington was originally established in 1823 by Percy Simpson in early 1823 as an agricultural station. Squatters started"
"be made more easily. Local industries, which now include an aerosol factory and bed manufacturers, are celebrated at the Wellington Museum in Fore street. Wellington is home to the independent Wellington School, and state-funded Court Fields School. It is also home to a range of cultural, sporting and religious sites including the 15th century Church of St John the Baptist. The capital city of New Zealand is named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, being recognised as having some influence in the company that founded the New Zealand town. The New Zealand capital therefore takes its name ultimately from"
"Prince of Waterloo Prince of Waterloo (Dutch: ""Prins van Waterloo"") is a title in the Dutch and Belgian nobility, held by the Duke of Wellington. The title was created by King William I of the Netherlands for Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as a victory title in recognition of defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Duke of Wellington and all his descendants along male line belong to Dutch and Belgian nobility, in which all the descendant dukes carry the title of ""Prince of Waterloo"" with the style ""Serene Highness"" (). The rest of"
"as the ""father of Wellington"". Ian McKinnon Ian Duncan McKinnon is a New Zealand educator and local politician, and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington. McKinnon was educated at Nelson College from 1957 to 1961. He went on to Victoria University of Wellington, where he graduated with a BCom, and The University of Auckland, where he was awarded a DipEd. McKinnon began his teaching career at King's College, Auckland. He has been Headmaster of a number of prominent private schools in New Zealand, including Wanganui Collegiate School (1980–88), and Scots College (1992–2002). He was also Lower Master at Eton"
"Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner An equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington stands on the north side of Hyde Park Corner, London. The open space in which it stands, now the centre of a large roundabout, was once called Wellington Place. The statue portrays the Iron Duke on a campaign, mounted on his horse Copenhagen, with all hooves planted on the ground. It was executed in bronze by the sculptor Joseph Boehm and unveiled in 1888. The figures at the corners of the pedestal representative British soldiers, a Grenadier, a Scottish Highlander, an Irish"
"honour of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the Battle of Waterloo. As the nation's capital since 1865, the New Zealand Government and Parliament, Supreme Court and most of the public service are based in the city. Architectural sights include the Government Building—one of the largest wooden buildings in the world—as well as the iconic Beehive. Wellington is also home to several of the largest and oldest cultural institutions in the nation such the National Archives, the National Library, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and numerous theatres. It plays host to many artistic"
"1st Duke of Wellington from 1819 on. He retired in 1823 after 46 years' service and died at the age of 77, his will being proved in London on 4 October 1839. His widow went to live with her daughter Mary and died at the age of 73. In 1793 at the church of St Margaret, Westminster, he married Mary Sophia (1775–1848), daughter of John Foreman and his wife Jane Gordon. They had two daughters : Robert Hawgood Crew Robert Hawgood Crew (23 August 1762 – 16 September 1839) was an English civil servant who served as Secretary to the"
"of the first Duke of Wellington's adversary, Napoleon Bonaparte. Currently, Mornington is a partner of private equity investor Oakley Capital since 2016. In 2005 he married the makeup artist and fashion model Jemma Kidd, a great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook. Lord and Lady Mornington have twins and a younger son: Mornington is the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Wellington (United Kingdom) and to the titles Prince of Waterloo (Netherlands), Duke of Victoria (Portugal), and Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain). The British Peerage and the first two foreign titles can only be inherited in the male line, while the Spanish one"
"the orders of Queen Victoria. Most of the book ""A Biographical Sketch of the Military and Political Career of the Late Duke of Wellington"" by Weymouth newspaper proprietor Joseph Drew is a detailed contemporary account of his death, lying in state and funeral. After his death, Irish and English newspapers disputed whether Wellington had been born an Irishman or an Englishman. In 2002, he was number 15 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Owing to its links with Wellington, as the former commanding officer and colonel of the regiment, the title ""33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment"""