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Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characterist

Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characteristic.

morsch 5mo ago
Thanks, I read through a few pages and found it a more interesting read than the original link. E.g. here he's complaining to the undersecretary of state: https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/74/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/... Here (and a few lines on the page before) is a long letter with his advice on how to reconstitute the (allied) government of Spain: https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/62/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...
gjm11 5mo ago
Also, the letter is allegedly (1) dated 1812 and (2) signed "Wellington". In 1812 he was still plain old Arthur Wellesley; he wasn't duked[1] until 1814. [1] I am sure this is not actually the right term. I do not care.
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- hn_throw2025 5mo ago
  Ennobled?
  - mef 5mo ago
    Belorded?
    - wewtyflakes 5mo ago
      Aristocratified?
  - quuxplusone 5mo ago
    Yes (I think). In this particular case I believe you could also say he was created duke (since he was the first Duke of Wellington); I think one would have to say that the second Duke of Wellington succeeded to the dukedom.
- zb 5mo ago
  In 1812 he was the Earl of Wellington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_and_honours_of_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_and_honours_of_...
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- jszymborski 5mo ago
  Landed?
- junto 5mo ago
  It doesn’t exist as a term, but I always thought “enduked” would have been a nice term for this process. Instead it’s the more wordy “created a duke”, since his status was both created and granted to him. The title “Duke of Wellington” was expressly created for him. Fun fact, he should have been “Duke of Wellesley”, but his elder brother, Richard Wellesley, had already been made Marquess Wellesley. Since the peerage from Viscount to Marquess to Duke would ended up with two brothers potentially sharing the same title, they chose to give Arthur the title Viscount Wellington, from the town where the family heritage was connected to. Therefore his title peerage line: Viscount Wellington -> Earl of Wellington -> Marquess of Wellington -> Duke of Wellington He was also technically a Baron before Viscount but he received that peerage the same day as his Viscount title. Outside British peerage he held some other cool honors and titles. As well as being the Prince of Waterloo in Belgium the the Netherlands, he was granted the honor of “Knight of the Golden Fleece” in Spain, “Knight of the Black Eagle” in Prussia, and my personal favorite was “Knight of the Elephant” in Denmark. In the UK we have lots of reminders of him namely because of the large number of pubs called “The Duke of Wellington”.

Likely apocryphal. It isn't in the massive official "Despatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington" and the exaggerated, humorous style is not characteristic.

morsch 5mo ago

Thanks, I read through a few pages and found it a more interesting read than the original link. E.g. here he's complaining to the undersecretary of state: https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/74/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/... Here (and a few lines on the page before) is a long letter with his advice on how to reconstitute the (allied) government of Spain: https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/62/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...

gjm11 5mo ago

Also, the letter is allegedly (1) dated 1812 and (2) signed "Wellington". In 1812 he was still plain old Arthur Wellesley; he wasn't duked[1] until 1814. [1] I am sure this is not actually the right term. I do not care.

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hn_throw2025 5mo ago
Ennobled?
- mef 5mo ago
  Belorded?
  - wewtyflakes 5mo ago
    Aristocratified?
- quuxplusone 5mo ago
  Yes (I think). In this particular case I believe you could also say he was created duke (since he was the first Duke of Wellington); I think one would have to say that the second Duke of Wellington succeeded to the dukedom.
zb 5mo ago
In 1812 he was the Earl of Wellington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_and_honours_of_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_titles_and_honours_of_...
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jszymborski 5mo ago
Landed?
junto 5mo ago
It doesn’t exist as a term, but I always thought “enduked” would have been a nice term for this process. Instead it’s the more wordy “created a duke”, since his status was both created and granted to him. The title “Duke of Wellington” was expressly created for him. Fun fact, he should have been “Duke of Wellesley”, but his elder brother, Richard Wellesley, had already been made Marquess Wellesley. Since the peerage from Viscount to Marquess to Duke would ended up with two brothers potentially sharing the same title, they chose to give Arthur the title Viscount Wellington, from the town where the family heritage was connected to. Therefore his title peerage line: Viscount Wellington -> Earl of Wellington -> Marquess of Wellington -> Duke of Wellington He was also technically a Baron before Viscount but he received that peerage the same day as his Viscount title. Outside British peerage he held some other cool honors and titles. As well as being the Prince of Waterloo in Belgium the the Netherlands, he was granted the honor of “Knight of the Golden Fleece” in Spain, “Knight of the Black Eagle” in Prussia, and my personal favorite was “Knight of the Elephant” in Denmark. In the UK we have lots of reminders of him namely because of the large number of pubs called “The Duke of Wellington”.