The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great Englishman'.

Wellington ordered his commanding Royal Engineer, Colonel Sir John Carmichael-Smyth, to prepare a map of the area of Waterloo. It was constructed in 1815 and partly drawn by Major John Sperling RE.

Undoubtedly one of Britain’s greatest heroes, Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, is known mainly for his victory ...

An often overlooked aspect of the first Duke of Wellington's private life is getting a new look at his London home -- and ...

The Duke of Wellington says: I have known this painting all my life and it was always my ... thus ending the latter’s five-year usurpation of the Spanish throne in a prelude to the climactic Waterloo.

Wellington Street was named for the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington Street has a series of interesting heritage buildings, such as the Easson Block, the ...

He was ‘the great World-victor’s victor’, a brilliant general, a bad marksman and a worse Prime Minister, but Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was also a sophisticated collector. As well as ...

Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), will forever be etched into the annals of history as the ...

Year 2 pupils from St John's Primary School of Wellington visited the Wellington Museum to learn more about The Battle of Waterloo and The Duke ...