Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington   1769—1852   Anglo-Irish soldier-statesman   From family of noblemen commissioned in British Army   Fought in Holland 1794-95 India 1796-1805   Elected member of Parliament   Called to duty in Napoleonic Wars   Commanded Allied forces in the Peninsular War 1807-08 pushed French army out of Spain returned to England a hero   1809-1812 drove French out of Iberian Peninsula   Invaded France 1813 won battle of Toulouse Napoleon exiled to Elba 1814   1815 Napoleon left Elba regained power in France   Defeated at Waterloo in Belgium by Allied forces under Wellington Napoleon exiled to St. Helena   1826 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until end of his life   Served two terms as Prime Minister of United Kingdom   Served in House of Lords retired in 1846

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