Nahi's Church in Dundrum, Dublin, in 1914. Peter's Church, Dublin, shows that he was christened there on 30 April 1769". However, Lloyd (1899), p. 170 states "registry of St. The exact date and location of Wellesley's birth is not known however, biographers mostly follow the same contemporary newspaper evidence which states that he was born on, the day before he was baptised in St Peters Church, Dublin. His siblings included Richard, Viscount Wellesley (1760–1842) later 1st Marquess Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Baron Maryborough. Wellesley was the sixth of nine children born to the Earl and Countess of Mornington. Wellesley's mother was the eldest daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon, after whom Wellesley was named. Garret Wesley was also an accomplished composer and in recognition of his musical and philanthropic achievements was elevated to the rank of Earl of Mornington in 1760. His father, Garret Wesley, was the son of Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington and had a short career in politics representing the constituency Trim in the Irish House of Commons before succeeding his father as 2nd Baron Mornington in 1758. Wellesley was born the son of Anne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington and Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington. Wellesley was born into an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family, belonging to the Protestant Ascendancy, in Ireland as The Hon. 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. He oversaw the passage of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, while he opposed the Reform Act 1832. He was twice British prime minister as a member of the Tory party from 1828 to 1830 and for a little less than a month in 1834. After the end of his active military career, he returned to politics. 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. Wellington is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against numerically superior forces while minimising his own losses. Wellington's battle record is exemplary he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. 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. 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. 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 also elected as a member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. 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. Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
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