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269–70
    comparisons with Napoleon xvii, 239
    Danish campaign 100–1
    dispatches xvii, 88, 250–1
    expedition to Philippines 40–1
    French campaign (1794–5) 28–32, 42
    importance of intelligence 87–8
    in India
see
India; Maratha wars
    injuries 57, 192
    logistics preparations xv, 47, 88
    Peninsular War
see
Peninsular War
    tactics 86–7, 300
    treatment of his men xvii, xviii, 47–8, 64, 84–5, 150–1, 153, 169, 178–81, 184–5, 186–7, 191–2, 200–1, 251, 301
    views on cavalry 15, 51, 117–18
    Waterloo campaign
see
Waterloo
    assassination attempts and mob
    violence towards 253, 259, 260–1, 285, 287–8
    birth and childhood xx, 3, 7
    books, favourite 40, 302
    and Canning 266, 267, 268–9
    character and characteristics:
    coldness towards his sons 202, 262
    compassion xiv, 149, 162, 250
    confidence in himself 42
    fear/hatred of mobs 4, 260–1
    and food and drink 67, 175–6
    harshness xvii–xviii, 258–9
    kindness to children 262, 279, 292–3
    and letter writing 178, 179
    love of hunting 117–18, 182–3, 191, 263
    love of parties 183–4, 227
    musical prowess 9
    prone to sulk 269
    snobbishness xvii
    unfair judgements xvii, 15
    and Cumberland scandal 280–1
    death 293
    duel with Earl of Winchilsea 274–6
    education 7, 8, 19–20
    funeral and tomb xix, xx, 297–9
    and George IV 259–60, 280
    homes
see
Apsley House; Stratfield Saye; Walmer Castle
    horses and horsemanship 19–20, 47, 53, 78, 80, 86, 101–2, 153, 238, 250, 271;
see also
love of hunting (
above)
    and Huskisson’s death 281–2
    illnesses 31, 34, 67, 85, 290–1
    marriage and relationship with wife 25–6, 27, 28, 95–7, 125, 129–30, 201–2, 261–2, 284–5
    names 41, 302–3;
see also
titles
    parents
see
Mornington, Earl
and
Countess of
    political career
xvi
    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