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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 895

Autographs
The Duke of Wellington
1828 (26 May) Coutt's & Compy cheque for £390 to the Duchess of Wellington and is signed "Wellington"; folding creases and punch hole. otherwise in a good state of preservation. Such cheques are scarce and this represents a large amount of money. Photo

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 – 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. Along with Robert Peel, Wellesley became an increasingly influential member of the Tory party, and in 1828 he resigned as Commander-in-Chief and became Prime Minister.

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Sold for
£300