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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

1769 - 1852

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Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British 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. 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. Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington has received more than 7,648,875 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington is the 794th most popular politician (up from 879th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Politician.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is most famous for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Waterloo.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 794 out of 15,577Before him are Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Hassan II of Morocco, Isabella II of Spain, İsmet İnönü, and Walter Ulbricht. After him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Charles II of England, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Paul of Greece, Valentinian I, and Christian X of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 6Before him are Napoleon, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Georges Cuvier, and Michel Ney. After him are Jean Lannes, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ivan Krylov, André-Jacques Garnerin, and William Smith. Among people deceased in 1852, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 5Before him are Louis Braille, Nikolai Gogol, Friedrich Fröbel, and Ada Lovelace. After him are Henry Clay, Auguste de Marmont, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Karl Bryullov, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 12 out of 501Before him are George Berkeley (1685), Samuel Beckett (1906), Michael Gambon (1940), Edmund Burke (1729), Pierce Brosnan (1953), and Bram Stoker (1847). After him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Francis Bacon (1909), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Richard Harris (1930), and Anne Bonny (1702).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 2Before him are Edmund Burke (1729). After him are Michael Collins (1890), Michael D. Higgins (1941), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Edmund the Martyr (841), Bertie Ahern (1951), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Harald Gille (1103), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Brian Cowen (1960), and Brian Boru (941).