Wellesley

Character Profile

Name:	Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington
Date of Birth:	1 May 1769
Service:	Army
Rank:	General
Nationality:	British
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Biography

General Wellesley was one of the British generals in command of the army when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Britain in 1807, along with Generals Dalrymple and Burrard. He was described as "a lean sharp-faced man with a decided aquiline nose, and the Order of Bath." He was placed in sole command after the British government had been forced to flee to Scotland and offered terms of surrender by Murat and Talleyrand. His management of the Battle of Shoeburyness in March 1808 led to the expulsion of Napoleon's forces from Britain.