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- Title
The Duke of Wellington.
- Authors
Stuart, Charles
- Abstract
The article focuses on British general and statesman Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, part of a series of articles on Great Britain's Prime Ministers. His career included being a member of the Irish Parliament, military leadership of Great Britain's Army during the Napoleonic Wars, and two terms as Prime Minister for the Tory party from 1828-1830 as well as in 1834. Topics considered include a discussion of his political acumen, his position regarding the possibility of divorce for King George IV, his opinions regarding Catholic Emancipation, and his actions regarding the the Reform crisis of 1830-1832.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852; BRITISH prime ministers; NAPOLEONIC Wars, 1800-1815; REGENCY; GENERALS; STATESMEN -- Biography; COMMAND of troops; GREAT Britain. Parliament. House of Lords; BRITISH politics &; government; BIOGRAPHY (Literary form); NINETEENTH century
- Publication
History Today, 1952, Vol 2, Issue 9, p624
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article