Wellington: A Personal History
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research. Christopher Hibbert is Britain’s leading popular historian.Wellington (1769–1852) achieved fame as a soldier fighting the Mahratta in India. His later brilliant generalship fighting the French in Spain and his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo earned him a dukedom and the award of Apsley House (No. 1, London) and a large estate in Hampshire.His second career saw him make his mark as a politician with commanding presence. Appointed Commander-in-Chief for life, he became Prime Minister in 1827 and presided over the emancipation of Roman Catholics and the formation of the country’s first police force.Privately, he was unhappily married, and had several mistresses (including two of Napoleon’s) and many intimate friendships with women. The private side of the public man has never been so richly delineated as in this masterly biography.
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
Maps
1 Eton, Dublin and Angers, 1769–87
2 An Officer in the 33rd, 1787–93
6 The Governor of Mysore, 1799
11 Ireland and Denmark, 1806–7
15 ‘A Whole Host of Marshals’, 1809–10
16 From Bussaco to El Bodon, 1810–11
17 Life at Headquarters, 1810–12
18 Badajoz, Salamanca and Madrid, 1812
20 From Vitoria to the Frontier, 1812–13
29 King George IV and Queen Caroline, 1820–1
32 St Petersburg and the Northern Counties, 1825–7
34 Battersea Fields and Scotland Yard, 1829
35 The Death of the King, 1829–30
36 Riots and Repression, 1830–2
38 Oxford University and Apsley House, 1832–4
40 The Foreign Secretary, 1834–6
41 Portraits and Painters, 1830–50
42 Life at Walmer Castle, 1830–50
45 The Horse Guards and the House of Lords, 1842–50
47 Disturbers of the Peace, 1846–51
Keep Reading
References
Sources
Index
Photo Section
About the Author
Praise
Also by the Author
About the Publisher
BLACK AND WHITE
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Wellesley. Portrait by John Hoppner. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
Anne, Countess of Mornington. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
The Hon. William Wellesley-Pole. Portrait by John Hoppner. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
The Rev. the Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley. Photograph Mary Evans Picture Library.
The Hon. Henry Wellesley. Portrait by John Hoppner. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
Caricature of soldiers on the march, by Thomas Rowlandson. Copyright British Museum.
‘Blücher the Brave’: caricature by Thomas Rowlandson. Guildhall Library, Corporation of London. Photograph Bridgeman Art Library, London.
The Duke of Wellington and Marshall Blücher. Photograph Mansell Collection.
Caricature by Isaac Cruikshank. Copyright British Museum.
The Duchess of Wellington, in a drawing by John Hayter. Reproduced courtesy of The Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
Lord Castlereagh. National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph Mansell Collection.
Harriet Arbuthnot. Photograph Mary Evans Picture Library.
Charles Arbuthnot. Reproduced courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Frances Mary Gascoyne-Cecil, second Marchioness of Salisbury. Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Hatfield House. Reproduced courtesy of Lord Salisbury and National Portrait Gallery, London.
Apsley House, No. i London. Reproduced courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Wellington Museum, Apsley House.
View of the proposed Waterloo Palace. Reproduced courtesy of the Duke of Wellington KG; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art.
Charles Greville. Photograph Mary Evans Picture Library.
Lady Charlotte Greville.
