Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
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LOCATION: Hurst Green, United Kingdom
Writer. Author of Wellington: The Years of the Sword; Wellington: The Pillar of the State.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington was an Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He first rose to military prominence in India, won successes in the Peninsular War in Spain (1808–14), and shared in the victory…
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