Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

• Born: 1 May 1769
• Died: 14 September 1852

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Political Offices 4 Military Ranks 5 Military Offices 6 Diplomatic Offices 7 Lord Lieutenancies 8 Other Honorary Offices 9 Peerage Titles 9.1 Foreign Peerage Titles 10 Chivalric Orders 10.1 Foreign Orders 11 Privy Council 12 Parliamentary Seats 12.1 Irish House of Commons 12.2 House of Commons 13 Parliamentary Positions 14 Other Honours

Known asEdit

• 1769-1789 Arthur Wesley
• 1789-1804 Arthur Wellesley
• 1804-1809 Sir Arthur Wellesley
• 1809-1812 The Viscount Wellington
• 1812 The Earl of Wellington
• 1812-1814 The Marquess of Wellington
• 1814-1852 The Duke of Wellington

EducationEdit

• Eton College

Political OfficesEdit

• Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1807-1809
• Master-General of the Ordnance, 1819-1827
• First Lord of the Treasury, 1828-1830, 1834
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1834-1835
• Minister without Portfolio, 1841-1846

Military RanksEdit

• Ensign, 73rd Foot, 1787
• Lieutenant, 76th Foot, 1787
• Lieutenant, 41st Foot, 1788
• Lieutenant, 12th Light Dragoons, 1789
• Captain, 58th Foot, 1791
• Captain, 18th Light Dragoons, 1792
• Major, 33rd Foot, 1793
• Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the 33rd Foot, 1793
• Colonel, 1796
• Major-General, 1802
• Lieutenant-General, 1808
• General, 1811
• Field Marshal, 1813

Military OfficesEdit

• Colonel of the 33rd Foot, 1806-1852
• Commander of British Forces in the Peninsula, 1808, 1809-1814
• Marshal-General of Portugal, 1809-1814
• Generalissimo of the Spanish Army, 1812-1814
• Commander of British Forces in the Netherlands, 1815
• Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Occupation Forces in France, 1815-1818
• Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1827-1828, 1842-1852

Diplomatic OfficesEdit

• Ambassador to France, 1814-1815
• Envoy to the Congress of Vienna, 1815

Lord LieutenanciesEdit

• Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, 1820-1852

Other Honorary OfficesEdit

• Constable of the Tower of London, 1826-1852
• Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1829-1852
• Chancellor of Oxford University, 1834-1852

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, 1809
• Earl of Wellington, 1812
• Marquess of Wellington, 1812
• Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, 1814

Foreign Peerage TitlesEdit

• Portugal: Count of Vimeiro (1811), Marquis of Torres Vedras (1812) and Duke of Vittoria (1813)
• Spain: Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo and Grandee of the First Class (1812)
• Netherlands: Prince of Waterloo

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Bath, 1804
• Knight of the Garter, 1813
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1815

Foreign OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Golden Fleece (Spain), 1812
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Hanover (Hanover), 1816

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1807

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

Irish House of CommonsEdit

House of CommonsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Rye, 1806
• Member of Parliament for Mitchell, 1807
• Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, 1807-1809

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Leader of the House of Lords, 1828-1830, 1834-1835, 1841-1846
• Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, 1830-1834, 1835-1841

Other HonoursEdit

• Fellow of the Royal Society, 1847

Preceded by: The Viscount Goderich	Prime Minister 1828–1830	Succeeded by: The Earl Grey
Preceded by: The Viscount Melbourne	Prime Minister 1834	Succeeded by: Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by: The Viscount Palmerston	Foreign Secretary 1834–1835	Succeeded by: The Viscount Palmerston