Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington
Wellesley, Arthur, Duke of Wellington, D.C.L. by diploma 15 June, 1814, chancellor of the University 1834-52, created LL.D. Cambridge, 6 June, 1835 (3rd son of Garret, Earl of Mornington), England's greatest warrior, K.G. and field-marshal 1813, created Duke of Wellington 3 May, 1814, with remainder to the heirs male of his female descendants, G.C.B. 1815, constable of the Tower 1826, lord high constable of England at the coronation of George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria, M.P. Trim 1790-7, Rye 1806, St. Michaels 1807, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1807-9, first lord of the Treasury 1828-30, Home secretary 1834, Foreign secretary 1834-5, a cabinet minister 1841-6, commander-in-chief 1842-52, died 14 Sept., 1852. See Foster's Peerage.