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Arthur Wellesley

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'''Details relating to service in India only.'''
 '''Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1769-1852) ''' was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman. He arrived in India in 1797 as Colonel of the [[33rd Regiment of Foot]] and took a significant part in the [[4th Mysore War]]after which he was appointed Governor of Seringapatam and Mysore. He was then given command of the army fighting the [[2nd Maratha War]] and won a series of decisive victories. He returned to England in 1804.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley] ''Dictionary The Military and Political Life of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington Arthur Wellesley] Wikipedia<br /> ==== Historical books on-line ====''The East India military calendar, Volume 2'' by John Philippart 1824 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e_I8zCCqhV4C&pg=PA1&dq=Clive&hl=en&ei=YBmHTeHTMsSGhQeN6qjKBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false The late Major-General Robert, Lord Clive] (Google Books)<br />''The life Duke of Robert, Lord Clive: collected from the family papers communicated by the Earl of PowisWellington'' by Major-General Sir John Malcolm GCB FRS 1836 [http://www.archive.org/stream/liferobertlordc05malcgoog#page/n9/mode/2up Volume I],Ingram Cooke & Co 1852 [http://www.archive.org/stream/liferobertlordc04malcgoogmilitaryandpoli00worlgoog#page/n7n27/mode/2up Volume Chapters II], [http://www.archive.org/stream/liferobertlordc01clivgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume & IIIIndian Campaigns] (archive.org)<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/liferobertfirst00gleigoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''The Life of Robert, first lord Clive''] by the Rev. G. R. Gleig 1848 (archive.org)<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/macaulaysessayon09maca#page/n5/mode/2up ''Macaulay's essay on Lord Clive with an historical map, historical notes, and a sketch of Macaulay's life''] by D. H. M. 1891 (archive.org)<br />
[[Category:British Military commanders|Wellesley, Arthur]]
[[Category:People|Wellesley, Arthur]]

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