Wellington (41 page)

Punch
302

Purneah 63

Quatre Bras, battle of (1815) 226, 227, 228–9, 230–2, 233, 234, 238

Rainier, Admiral 85

Ramsay, Captain Norman 170

Rao, Peshwa Baji 68–70, 74

Reform Bills/Reform Act (1832) 284, 285, 286,
286
, 287, 302

Reille’s corps 239

Reynier, General 98, 146

Richmond, Duchess of 215, 226, 227

Richmond, Duke of 98, 180, 227–8, 238, 284

Wellington to 100, 109

Ridge, Lt Colonel Henry 161

Roach, John 71

Roberts, Andrew:
Napoleon and
Wellington
xix, 42, 219–20

Rocket
(train) 281–2

rockets, use of 16, 44

Roliça, battle of (1808) 112–13, 119, 123, 180

Rolland, Gabrielle Hyacinthe 24

Rosario
(sloop) 201

Russell, Lord John 284, 286

Wellington to 302

Rutland, Duke of 20, 21

Rye, Sussex 94

St Germans, Lord 288

St Helena 85

St James’s Chronicle
252–3

St Jean de Luz 190

St Pierre, battle of 189, 191

Salabut Khan 65

Salamanca 163

battle of (1812)
115
, 165–8, 268

Saleur, Colonel 71

Salisbury, Lady 183, 282

San Sebastian, battle of (1813) 188

Saussure, César de 11

Saxe-Weimar, Prince Bernhard of 226–7, 228

Schaumann, Commissary August 175

Schom, Alan 197

Schwarzenberg, Prince 208

Scindia, Daulat Rao 68, 70–1, 74, 82, 83

Scott, Sir Walter 139

Sebastiani, General 134

Ségur, Philippe de 205

Seringapatam, India:

advance on (1799) 47, 49, 50, 51–4, 55, 56–63

British cemetery 39

Wellington at 83–5

Seven Years’ War 9, 11, 44

Shaw, George Bernard 3

Shaw, Major Merrick: Wellington to 84

Shawe, Lt Colonel 56, 57

Shee, Major John 46, 57

Shelley, Lady 252, 262, 263

Wellington to 254, 261

Sherbrooke, John Cope 41, 138, 139, 140

Shore, Sir John 40

shrapnel 16, 114

Shrapnel, Lt Henry 16

Slade, Major General John 163–4

Smith, Anne (
née
Wesley) 7, 22, 107

Smith, Bobus 8

Smith, Charles 107

Smith, Lt Harry 159, 186, 188

Somerset, Lord Edward 241

Somerset, Lady Emily (
née
Wellesley-Pole) 202

Somerset, Lord FitzRoy (
later
Lord 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, 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