Lord High Constables - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, Lord High Constable of England, Henry d'Essex, John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford. Excerpt: Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 - 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. He is often referred to as the "Duke of Wellington," even after his death, when there have been subsequent Dukes of Wellington. Born in Ireland, he was commissioned an ensign in the British Army in 1787. Serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. A colonel by 1796, Wellesley saw action in the Netherlands and later in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799. Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Vit...