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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (International) assertion Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington i(A84136 works by)
Born: Established: 1 May 1769 Dublin, Dublin (County),
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Ireland,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 14 Sep 1852 Deal, Kent,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Arthur Wellesley was the first duke of Wellington, an army officer and a British prime minister (from 1828 to 1830). Some of his personal writing was reviewed in Australian colonial newspapers and magazines in the nineteenth century.

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  • For further information, see: Norman Gash, ‘Wellesley , Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29001, accessed 16 Sept 2014]

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