Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

(1769-1852) British Army Field Marshal (1813), Commander-in-Chief (1827) and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1828-1830; 1834), best-known for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) and as the "Iron Duke".