Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twic
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1815–1816
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842).
Beginning in 1787, Wellesley served at Dublin Castle (pictured) as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
Wellesley as Lieutenant Colonel, aged c. 26, in the 33rd Regiment. Portrait of Arthur Wellesley by John Hoppner, 1795.
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George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of Great Britain on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days later on 8 August 1827.
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1822
Canning by Richard Evans, circa 1825
A worn copper-alloy medal depicting Canning