Authors: Richard Holmes
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