Wellesley, Arthur

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Title: 1st Duke of Wellington

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000136

Epithet: Colonel; Commissioner for the affairs of Mysore, etc., afterwards Duke of Wellington

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Arthur Wellesley (1796-1852), military leader famous for his victory over Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, prime minister from 1828 to 1830.

Lord John Russell (1792-1878), prime minister from 1846-1852 and 1865-1866, created first earl Russell of Kingston Russell in 1861.

From the guide to the Letter from Arthur Wellesley to Lord John Russell, 1847., 27 January 1847, (University of St Andrews)

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