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'.

The Waterseller of Seville, about 1620, by Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), 421⁄3in by 32in, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London. The Duke of Wellington says: I have known this painting all ...

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

We are pleased to announce the winner for the 2024 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History. We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History ...

Robert Churchwell Sr. was the first black journalist employed at a white-owned metropolitan newspaper in the South.

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 ...

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

In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition ...

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