• Source: List of titles and honours of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (c. 1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. His military career culminated at the Battle of Waterloo, where, along with Blücher, he defeated the forces of Napoleon. He was also twice Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. During his life, Wellington received numerous honours, titles and awards throughout his career as a statesman and soldier. These include awards, statues and monuments, as well as buildings and places named after him.




Funeral


At his funeral Wellesley's style was proclaimed (laid out in the following order and format in the London Gazette):




Arms



Wellington's arms were given an augmentation of honour of the union badge of the United Kingdom to commemorate his services. He bore, Quarterly, I and IV gules, a cross argent, in each quarter five plates of the same; II and III, Or, a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure. For augmentation, an inescutcheon charged with the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick combined, being the union badge of the United Kingdom.




Titles, honours and styles






= Peerage of the United Kingdom

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Baron Douro of Wellesley in the County of Somerset – 26 August 1809
Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and of Wellington in the County of Somerset – 26 August 1809
Earl of Wellington – 28 February 1812
Marquess of Wellington – 18 August 1812
Marquess Douro – 3 May 1814
Duke of Wellington – 3 May 1814
His brother William selected the name Wellington for its similarity to the family surname of Wellesley, which derives from the village of Wellesley in Somerset, not far from that of Wellington.
Since he did not return to England until the Peninsular War was over, he was awarded all his patents of nobility and was introduced to the House of Lords as a Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess and Duke in a single day.




= British and Irish honours

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Knight of the Bath – 1804
Privy Counsellor of Ireland – 28 April 1807
Peninsular Cross with nine Medal bars for all campaigns, the only one so issued – 1810 (Displayed at Apsley House)
Privy Counsellor of the United Kingdom – 1812
Knight of the Garter – 4 March 1813
Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards – 1813-27
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (military) – 2 January 1815
Waterloo Medal – 1816 (Displayed at Apsley House)
Governor of Plymouth – 1819-26
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire – 1820
Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade – 1820
Lord High Constable of England – 1821, 1831, 1838
Constable of the Tower – 1826
Colonel of the Grenadier Guards – 1827
Commander-in-Chief – 1827-28, 1842
Governor of Charterhouse School – 1828
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports – 1829
Chancellor of the University of Oxford – 1834
Master of Trinity House – 1837
Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers – 1842
Fellow of the Royal Society – 1847
Ranger of Hyde Park – 1847
Ranger of St James's Park – 1850
Honours held for life unless stated.
The Duke of Wellington stood as godfather to Queen Victoria's seventh child, Prince Arthur, in 1850. Prince Arthur was also born on the first of May; and as a toddler, young Arthur was encouraged to remind people that the Duke of Wellington was his godfather.




= International

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Noble titles

Portugal:
Count of Vimeira – 18 October 1811
Marquess of Torres Vedras – August 1812
Duke of Victoria – 18 December 1812
Spain: Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Grandee of the 1st Class – January 1812
Netherlands: Prince of Waterloo – 18 July 1815
Belgium: Prince of Waterloo – 1831



Honours

Portugal: Knight Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword – 18 October 1811
Spain:
Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Ferdinand – 11 April 1812
Knight of the Golden Fleece – 7 August 1812
Knight of the Order of Charles III – 1814
Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Hermenegild – 1817
Sweden: Knight Grand Cross of the Sword, 1st Class – 26 February 1814
Austria: Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa – 4 March 1814
Russia:
Knight of St. George, 1st Class – 28 April 1814
Knight of St. Andrew – 8 July 1815
Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky – 8 July 1815
Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class – 8 July 1815
Prussia:
Knight of the Black Eagle – 26 June 1815
Knight Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
Denmark: Knight of the Elephant – 4 July 1815
Sardinia: Knight of the Annunciation, with Collar – 7 July 1815
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Military William Order – 8 July 1815
Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown – 27 July 1815
Baden:
Knight Grand Cross of the House Order of Fidelity – July 1815
Knight Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion
Bavaria: Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph – 16 October 1815
France: Knight of the Holy Spirit – 27 November 1815
Hesse-Kassel: Knight Grand Cross of the Golden Lion – 11 December 1815
Württemberg: Knight Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order – 1815; with Blue Band – 1830
Hanover: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order – March 1816
Two Sicilies:
Knight of St. Januarius – 16 July 1817
Knight Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit – 16 July 1817



Military rank

The nations of Austria, Hanover, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Russia and Spain gave him their highest military rank:

Marshal-General of the Portuguese Army – 6 July 1809
Captain-General of the Spanish Army – 8 August 1809
Field Marshal of the Hanoverian Army – 21 June 1813
Field Marshal of the Army of the Netherlands – 7 May 1815
Field Marshal of the Austrian Army – 15 November 1818
Field Marshal of the Prussian Army – 15 November 1818
Field Marshal of the Russian Army – 15 November 1818
Each nation presented him with a baton as a symbol of his rank (see Batons of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
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= Styles

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In the United Kingdom
The Hon Arthur Wellesley (birth–1 May 1769)
Ensign The Hon Arthur Wellesley (7 March–25 December 1787)
Lt The Hon Arthur Wellesley (25 December 1787 – 30 June 1791)
Capt The Hon Arthur Wellesley (30 June 1791 – 30 April 1793)
Maj The Hon Arthur Wellesley (30 April–30 September 1793)
Lt-Col The Hon Arthur Wellesley (30 September 1793 – 3 May 1796)
Col The Hon Arthur Wellesley (3 May 1796 – 19 May 1798)
Col The Hon Arthur Wellesley (19 May 1798 – 29 April 1802)
Maj-Gen The Hon Arthur Wellesley (29 April 1802 – 1 September 1804)
Maj-Gen The Hon Sir Arthur Wellesley KB (1 September 1804 – 8 April 1807)
Maj-Gen The Rt Hon Sir Arthur Wellesley KB (8 April 1807 – 25 April 1808)
Lt-Gen The Rt Hon Sir Arthur Wellesley KB (25 April 1808 – 4 September 1809)
Lt-Gen The Rt Hon The Viscount Wellington KB PC (4 September 1809–May 1811)
Gen The Rt Hon The Viscount Wellington KB PC (May 1811–28 February 1812)
Gen The Rt Hon The Earl of Wellington KB PC (28 February–3 October 1812)
Gen The Most Hon The Marquess of Wellington KB PC (3 October 1812 – 4 March 1813)
Gen The Most Hon The Marquess of Wellington KG KB PC (4 March–21 June 1813)
FM The Most Hon The Marquess of Wellington KG KB PC (21 June 1813 – 11 May 1814)
FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG KB PC (11 May 1814 – 2 January 1815)
FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG GCB PC (2 January 1815 – 14 September 1852)
FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC (1816–14 September 1852)
FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC FRS (1847–14 September 1852)
In the Netherlands
Zijne Doorluchtigheid de Prins van Waterloo (18 July 1815 – 14 September 1852)
In Spain
Excelentísimo señor Arthur Wesley, duque de Ciudad Rodrigo, Grande de España, Caballero de la Orden del Toisón de Oro (January 1812–14 September 1852).
In Portugal
Sua Excelência o Duque da Vitória (18 December 1812 – 14 September 1852)




Military promotions and dates of rank


Ranks up to Lieutenant Colonel were obtained by purchasing commissions, subject to minimum service periods. The army did not allow ranks from Colonel and above to be purchased, so they were obtained through promotion only.




Monuments






Namesakes






= Places

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Great Britain

Wellington College, Berkshire, a senior boarding- and day-school in England, was built in memory of the Duke, under the orders of Queen Victoria. To this day, all the boarding houses are named after the generals who fought alongside him at Battle of Waterloo, including Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Viscount Beresford, Sir Thomas Picton, Baron Lynedoch, and The Prince of Orange. The Queen laid the foundation stone in 1856 and inaugurated the School's opening on 29 January 1859. On 4 May 2007, the school held a memorial service for the Iron Duke at St Paul's Cathedral, London, to commemorate his birthday.
Wellington Barracks
Some pubs are named after the Duke, including The Duke of Wellington, Marylebone, Duke of Wellington, Belgravia and Duke of Wellington, Bethnal Green.
In addition, a large number of cities and towns in Great Britain have a Wellington Road, Avenue, Street or Square. Considering the number of towns where this is the case, it would be impractical to attempt to list them all here.
Ireland
Wellington Road in the Ballsbridge area of Dublin.
Wellington Road on the North side of Cork city.
Wellington College Belfast in Northern Ireland, a Co-Educational Grammar School in Belfast, was named after Wellington. Wellington is also a Senior Boys' house at the Duke of York's Royal Military School, where, like Welbeck College, all houses are named after prominent military figures.
Wellington Park in central Belfast. Running parallel to this street is Wellesley Avenue.
Australia
Mount Wellington, which overlooks Hobart, the capital of the state of Tasmania, Australia, is named after Wellesley. Additionally, Hobart also has Salamanca Place, a row of convict built warehouses which dominate the wharf area of the city, named after the Battle of Salamanca (also known as the Battle of Aripiles) which took place in July 1812. Behind Salamanca Place, which is now an arts, restaurant hub, plus the home of the Salamanca Market, is the riverside suburb of Battery Point. A walk through the area will see streets and crescents named after Napoleon, Waterloo and Arthur's Circus where colonial cottages front a small roundabout. And to add to the links, on Macquarie St sits the Duke of Wellington Hotel with imposing signage of the Iron Duke himself gazing down on all who pass beneath.
Wellington Square in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide, South Australia, named for Wellington because he is credited with securing the passage of the South Australia Foundation Act through the British House of Lords.
The former County of Douro in Victoria, Gipps District, was named in Wellington's honour and was bordered to the west by the County of Mornington. The former County of Douro was found on Victorian maps from 1845 and last appeared on a Victorian map in 1864. Further references to Wellington can be found locally in the naming of Waterloo Bay and Cape Wellington and Lake Wellington. The county was incorporated into the new County of Buln Buln in 1871. The County of Mornington proclaimed in 1849, is incidentally named after the title of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, Arthur Wellesley's father.
Wellington Square, Perth
Wellington, New South Wales
Duke of Wellington Hotel, Melbourne
New Zealand
The capital city of New Zealand, Wellington, was named after him. It forms part of the Wellington Region, formerly part of Wellington Province. Greater Wellington has a private primary school named Wellesley College, and the central city had a private club, the Wellesley Club now merged with the senior Wellington Club founded December 1841 and New Zealand's oldest private club.
The city of Auckland has a central-city road named Wellesley Street. A volcanic cone and its associated suburb in the city bear the name Mount Wellington.
Canada
Wellington County, Ontario, the county surrounding the city of Guelph.
The village of Wellington, a community located in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
The town of Wellington on Vancouver Island, now a neighbourhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia, as well as Mount Wellington which is located about 70 miles (113 km) north of the town.
Wellington Street in Ottawa, the street upon which the Parliament Buildings, Canada's seat of government are located.
Both Wellington Street and Wellesley Street are principal downtown streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wellesley subway station takes its name from the street.
Wellington railway station in Nanaimo, British Columbia
Wellington Dyke, a large agricultural dyke across the Canard River in Kings County, Nova Scotia
Wellington Gate and Wellington Barracks at CFB Halifax
Fort Wellington, in Prescott, Ontario
Wellington—Halton Hills, a Canadian electoral district
Wellington, Prince Edward Island
Wellington Parish, New Brunswick
Wellington, Nova Scotia
Other countries
Wellington Barracks, Hong Kong
Wellington Street, Hong Kong
India: The town of Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills district of Tamil Nadu, is the home of the Wellington Cantonment, a prestigious Indian military establishment, and college. It is near Coonoor on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
Mount Wellington, a mountain located in Otsego County, New York, is named after him.
Wellington, a town in South Africa, was named after him by Sir George Napier.
Hippodrome Wellington
Wellington Street in various other cities




= Military units

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Wellington died in 1852 and in the following year Queen Victoria, in recognition of the 33rd foot regiment's long ties to him, ordered that the 33rd foot regiment's title be changed to The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.




= Ships

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HMS Duke of Wellington, a 131 gun first-rate ship of the line was named after the first Duke of Wellington. HMS Iron Duke, named after Wellington, was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland in World War I, one of three so named in the Royal Navy.
TSS Duke of York (1935), a steamer temporarily renamed Duke of Wellington.




= Aircraft

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Wellington is the only person to have the honour of having not one but two Royal Air Force bombers named for him - the Vickers Wellesley and the Vickers Wellington, and at a time when the convention was for British bombers to be named after landlocked cities.




= Locomotives

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Great Western Railways "Iron Duke" Class locomotives were named after Wellington, including one of the 1847 originals which was named "Iron Duke" and lent its name to the class. It was withdrawn in 1871, and a replica built in 1985 for the National Railway Museum to exhibit.




= Banknotes

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The Duke of Wellington's picture featured on the reverse of Series D (Pictorial Series) £5 banknotes issued by the Bank of England (11 November 1971 – 29 November 1991), along with a scene from the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington was the first non-Englishman to appear on an English banknote.




= Food and drink

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Beef Wellington gets its name from the general and prime minister. Ironically, his favourite meat was mutton.
Wellington's likeness appears on the beer labels of the beer brewed by Wellington Brewery in Guelph, Ontario, and the beer "Iron Duke Strong Ale" was named in his honour.




= Clothing

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His name was given to Wellington boots, a type of high, originally leather, boots, after the custom-made boots he wore instead of traditional Hessian boots.
The Wellington hat was a style of beaver-fur hat.




Freedom of the City


British Empire
1815: London
1819: Plymouth
1827: York




References

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