Wellington

  ambassador in Paris 198–9, 203–4, 205–6

  British representative in Vienna (1815) 206, 207

  Chief Secretary for Ireland 98

  at Congress of Verona (1822) 264, 265

  enters House of Lords 202

  Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 279

  Master-General of the Ordnance 253, 257–8, 264

  Member of Parliament 22–4, 32–3, 34, 94, 97

  prime minister 270–3, 278, 280

  on Russian mission (1825) 267

  speeches in Parliament 25, 94

  stands in as prime minister for Peel 289–90

  victory over Catholic Emancipation 273–5, 276–7

  portraits 218, 267, 290

  titles xix–xx, 84, 142, 168, 198

  and Tower of London 283

  and Queen Victoria 290, 291–2, 297, 298

  views and opinions:

  on debt 22

  on discipline 88, 279–80

  on Ireland 3–4, 98–9, 102

  on Napoleon 218, 220, 252

  on past events 217–18

  on the press 300–1

  on religion 302

  political 102, 257, 292, see also on reform (below)

  on reform 282–3, 284, 286–7, 301–2

  and women xvi, 86, 125, 129, 181–2, 204, 215, 252–3, 262–3, 288–9

  Wellington, Kitty, Duchess of (née Pakenham) (wife) 25–6, 27, 28

  agrees to marry Wellington 95–6

  appearance 95, 96, 97, 202, 207, 262

  and birth of sons 98, 102

  character and personality 97, 100

  death 284–5

  dislikes Wellington’s choice of title 142

  relationship with Wellington 96–7, 125, 129–30, 201–2, 261–2

  West, Captain Francis 57, 86

  Westmoreland, Lord 24–5, 27

  Whaley, ‘Buck’ 22

  Wheeler, Private William 130, 154, 172, 236–7

  Whitelock, Lt General John 103

  Wilberforce, William 205

  Wilkes, John 13

  William I, of the Netherlands 209

  William III, of England 5, 133–4

  William IV, of England (formerly Duke of Clarence) 274, 281, 283, 284, 287, 289, 290

  William of Orange, Prince (‘Slender Billy’):

  in Peninsular War 180, 190

  relationship with Wellington 203, 208, 283

  in Waterloo campaign 209, 211, 221–2, 223, 227, 228, 232, 241, 246

  wounded 247

  Wilson, Harriette 125, 129, 180, 204

  Wilson, Joan 95

  Winchilsea, George Finch-Hatton, 9th Earl of 274–6

  Wingfield Mr 19

  Woolwich Royal Military Academy 17

  Wrede, Field Marshal 220

  York, Duke of 18, 28, 30, 31, 83, 93, 98, 109, 119, 126, 189

  death and funeral 268, 269

  dislike of Wellington 267–8

  Young, Arthur 6

  Zaragoza, Augustina 105

  Zaragoza, sieges of 105

  Zaya, General 151

  Ziethen, General 223, 247

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  RICHARD HOLMES is one of Britain’s leading military historians. He is Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Defence College of Management and Technology. He has presented seven television series for the BBC and is the author of many books including Redcoat, Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front and Sahib: The British Soldier in India. A Territorial infantry officer for thirty-six years, he is currently Colonel of The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. He lives near Winchester in Hampshire.

  OTHER WORKS

  ALSO BY RICHARD HOLMES

  In order of publication

  The English Civil War (with Brigadier Peter Young)

  The Little Field Marshal: Sir John French

  Soldiers (with John Keegan)

  Firing Line

  The Road to Sedan

  Fatal Avenue

  Riding the Retreat

  War Walks

  War Walks II

  The Western Front

  The Second World War in Photographs

  Oxford Companion to Military History (general editor)

  Battlefields of the Second World War

  The First World War in Photographs

  Redcoat

  Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front

  In the Footsteps of Churchill

  Sahib: The British Soldier in India, 1750–1914

  Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War

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