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Raglan) 180, 190, 202, 221, 222, 223, 238, 248, 291, 299, 301
    Wellington to 243–4, 245, 251, 258, 259, 265, 267, 285–6
    Somersets, the 207
    Somroo, Begum 71
    Sophia, Princess 280–1
    Sorauren, battle of (1813) 187–8, 203
    Soult, Marshal:
    action in Peninsular War 130, 131–2, 151, 153, 158, 163, 168, 187, 190, 192–3
    as Napoleon’s chief of staff 219, 239
    sees Wellington in Paris 203
    Sparrow, Olivia 95, 96
    Spectator
299
    Spencer, Major General Sir Brent 107, 144, 184
    Staël, Mme Anne Louise de 204
    Stapleton, Captain 63
    Stephenson, George
Rocket
281–2
    Stevenson, Colonel James 71, 74, 75, 81, 82, 85
    Stewart, Major General the Hon Charles 101, 144, 151, 179, 198, 203, 207
    Wellington to 214, 215–16
    Stewart, Brigadier Richard 100
    Stratfield Saye 102, 257, 261–2, 266, 278, 291, 301
    Stuart, Sir Charles 238
    Stuart, Lt General James 49, 52, 58, 59, 69, 70
    Stuart, Lt General Sir John 98
    Suchet, Marshal 155, 188, 193
    Sultanpettah Tope, attack on (1799) xvi, 56–8, 86
    Surat, India 37
    Surtees, Private William 29
    Surveillante
, HMS 130
    Talavera, battle of (1809) 115, 134–41, 142
    Taylor, Lt Colonel 116
    Taylor, Jeremy:
Holy Living and Dying
302
    Thomières, General 114
    Thornton, James 175
    Tilsit, Treaty of 100
    Times, The
299
    Tipoo Sultan 42, 44, 49, 51, 52, 53–4, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63–4
    Tomkinson, Lt William 171, 174, 187
    Tone, Theobald Wolfe 24
    Torres Vedras, lines of 143, 144–5, 147, 177, 214, 274
    Toulouse 197
    battle of (1814) 193
    Trafalgar, battle of (1805) 93, 100, 265
    Trant, Colonel Nicholas 109, 112, 147
    Trident
, HMS 85
    Trim, County Meath 6, 7, 20, 23
    Tullynally Castle, Ireland 26
    Tyrconnell, Earl of 5
    Uxbridge, Lord (
formerly
Lord Henry Paget;
later
Marquess of Anglesey) 129, 184, 211, 223, 234, 237, 241, 242–3, 248, 268, 291
    Vandamme, General 226
    Venegas, General 134
    Verona, Congress of 264, 265
    Victor, Marshal 130, 131, 132, 134
    Victoria, Queen xiv, 290, 291–2, 297, 298, 299
    Vienna, Congress of 220
    Villiers, John: Wellington to 142
    Vimiero, battles of (1808) 113–14,
115
, 116–18, 120, 123, 124
    Vitoria, battle of (1813) 170, 186–7, 189, 200
    Vivian, Major General Sir Hussey 223, 247, 249
    Walcheren, island of 143
    Walker, Captain Patrick 49
    Walmer Castle, Kent 279, 291, 293
    Walsh, Mr 19
    Waterloo campaign (1815) 108, 212–14, 215–23, 224–5, 226–34
    Allied army 208, 209–12, 214–15, 222
    battle of Genappe 234
    battle of Ligny 229–30, 233
    battle of Quatre Bras 226, 227, 228–9, 230–2, 233, 234, 238
    battle of Waterloo 170, 178, 234, 235, 236–50, 251–2, 253–4, 265
    casualties 232, 251, 302
    Wellington’s formal dispatch 250–1
    Webb, Josiah 45
    Wedderburn-Webster, Lady Frances 216, 238, 252–3
    Weimer, Marguerite Josephine 204
    Weller, Jac xix, 191–2
    Wellesley, Lord Charles (son) 102, 266, 293, 297–8
    Wellesley, Lady Charlotte (sister-in-law) 129
    Wellesley, Rev Gerald Valerian (brother) 7, 8, 96
    Wellesley, Henry (brother) 7, 8, 41, 42, 45, 48, 62, 97, 129, 143–4, 168, 271
    Wellington to 66, 67, 85, 153, 181, 187, 198
    Wellesley, Marianne (
née
Patterson) (sister-in-law) 266
    Wellesley, Muriel (descendant) 66, 303
    Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess (brother):
    birth 7
    education 8
    as envoy to Spanish junta 141
    at foreign office 143
    as governor-general of India 41–2, 44–6, 48–9, 63, 66, 70, 91, 94
    in Parliament 9, 20
    political career ruined 157–8, 271
    scandalous love-life 24, 157, 181
    second marriage 266
    and Wellington 9, 20–1, 24, 27–8, 33, 34, 63, 66
    Wellington to 31, 251–2
    Wellesley, William (brother) 7, 20, 22–3, 142, 143, 158, 198, 271
    Wellington to 150, 188
    Wellesley-Pole, William (nephew) 180–1, 283–4
    Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of:
    aphorisms xv-xvi, 3, 85, 86, 237
    appearance and dress xv, 20, 67, 84, 86, 96, 160, 164–5, 169, 172, 177–8, 185–6, 189, 277–8
    army career
9, 19
    commissions and promotions 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27–8, 34, 94, 189, 253, 268,