Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoléon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002, he was number 14 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPublic Servant
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Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
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I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.