单词 | Wellington |
释义 | Wellington, First Duke of. Title of Arthur Wellesley. Known as "the Iron Duke." 1769-1852. British general and politician. Commander of British troops during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo (1815), thus ending the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister (1828-1830) he passed the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829). |
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