In 1827 The Duke of Wellington granted Sabine general leave of absence from the army on the understanding " that he was usefully employed in scientific pursuits.

The pre-war aircraft designs of Rex Pierson, the Vickers Wellesley and the Vickers Wellington, both employed Wallis's geodetic design in the fuselage and wing structures.

He settled in Nelson for a while, tried Canterbury for a period and then moved on to Wellington and then back once again to Nelson where in 1870 he was employed as a post office clerk until he retired in 1874.

The original Burnie Wellington Times office in 1890 stood on a site in Cattley Street and employed a staff of 10.

Prior to becoming a member of New Zealand's Parliament, he had been employed by the Wellington City Council as well as by the Accident Compensation Corporation.

In 1937 Cottesbrooke Hall was bought by its current owners, the MacDonald-Buchanan family, who in 1937-8 employed Lord Gerald Wellesley ( later the 7th Duke of Wellington ) to make alterations to the Hall, including changing the entrance front to the other side of the house.

Meanwhile, a brigade under Major General Robert Ross, consisting entirely of veterans from the army of the Duke of Wellington, was transported to Chesapeake Bay to " effect a diversion on the coasts of the United States of America in favor of the army employed in the defence of Upper and Lower Canada.

In the course of conversation with the construction crew, it was mentioned that the location should be named after a senior official of the Ministry of Works employed in the head office in Wellington, the national capital.

Owned by the Turner family-who also owned the Upper Arley estate in Worcestershire and created many injokes about Wellington there-it employed generations of Black Country people in hot rolled sections and tubes amongst other areas.

He then played for a while for Wellington Amateurs, before returning to his old club West Brom, employed as a youth coach.

Two years later, he married Ellen Anderson, daughter of a Wellington architect.

Huskisson had been a highly influential figure in the creation of the British Empire and an architect of the doctrine of free trade, but had fallen out with Wellington in 1828 over the issue of parliamentary reform and had resigned from the cabinet.

A particularly fine example is Wellington Church, near the University of Glasgow, which was built in 1883-4 by the architect Thomas Lennox Watson.

Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, KG ( 21 August 1885 – 4 January 1972 ), styled Lord Gerald Wellesley between 1900 and 1943, was a British diplomat, soldier, and architect.

* Michael Fowler ( b. 1929 ), architect and former Mayor of Wellington

William Gray Young ( 21 June 1885-21 April 1962 ) was a New Zealand architect in the early 20th century, designing buildings such as Knox College ( Dunedin ), Turnbull House and Elliott House ( both Wellington ).

One of Lord Petre's sons, Henry, joined the first expedition of settlers to Wellington and Henry's son, Francis Petre, was a leading architect who designed the Wellington Catholic Cathedral, Sacred Heart Cathedral, situated in Thorndon, and many other notable New Zealand buildings.

Cecil Wood ( architect ) | Cecil Wood, Rt Rev H St Barbe Holland and William Appleton ( mayor ) | Will Appleton discussing plans for the new Wellington Cathedral in 1945 ( from left )

Cecil Wood, appointed by the Wellington Diocese as the architect of the new cathedral in 1938, designed the building.

Harney was the son of Benjamin Mills Harney, a veteran of both the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, and his second wife Margaret Wellington Draffin, daughter of a prominent Kentucky lawyer.

The Duchess of Wellington was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria in 1861 by the Liberal Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, and continued in that role until 1868, serving through the governments of Lord Russell, Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli.

* Harry Hillel Wellington ( born 1926 ), Dean of Yale Law School ( 1975 – 1985 ) and of New York Law School ( 1992 – 2000 )

With the loss of Dean Williams and Roderick Wellington to Thames Valley Tigers, Coach Stronach strengthened the roster with Canadian Ryan French, American Gerrick Morris, and exercised the BBL ’ s import rules-allowing four instead of three in the EBL-to bring back former star Terrence Durham.

The march from the old to the new was led by Henry Baines, seventh Bishop of Wellington, and the then Dean of Wellington, Walter Hurst.

Dean Knight, senior Victoria University of Wellington law lecturer and the Republican Movement's constitutional advisor, put forward a so-called " soft-republic ".

Before coming to the University of Hawaii, Englert served as Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Science, Architecture and Design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

* Dean Scofield as Mr. Wellington

His equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner, unveiled in 1888 was commissioned to compensate for the removal of the colossal sculpture of the Duke by Matthew Cotes Wyatt from the nearby Wellington Arch to Aldershot.

* The Wellington Statue by Matthew Cotes Wyatt is erected at its original location in London's Hyde Park Corner.

The bronze Wellington Statue by Matthew Cotes Wyatt which eventually crowned the arch was at 40 tons ( 40. 62 tonne )) and high, the largest equestrian figure ever made.

During World War II, fifteen British Vickers Wellington bombers were modified to carry a large magnetic induction loop and an electrical generator.

However, he was controversially left out of New Zealand's 2003 World Cup squad, and was left with little option but to carry out his NPC season for Wellington and pursue a career overseas at only 27 years of age.

The first type of aircraft to carry cookies operationally was the Wellington, but they later became part of the standard bomb load of the RAF's heavy night bombers, as well as that of the Mosquitoes of the Light Night Strike Force, whose aircraft would sometimes visit Berlin twice in one night carrying " cookies ", flown by two different crews.

The South Island Main Trunk is now used to carry significant quantities of long-distance freight, and it connects with the North Island via roll-on roll-off ferries between Picton and Wellington.

Smaller than most contemporary medium bombers, it was still able to carry a heavier bomb load than comparable aircraft, including the famous Vickers Wellington.

In Wellington the march had to carry on after the then planned end point as there were too many people to fit into the park.

He became Attorney-General, and was knighted when Canning formed his ministry in 1827 ; and though he resigned when the Duke of Wellington came into power in 1828, he resumed office in 1829 and went out with the Duke in 1830.

Trouble in the Hutt Valley, near Wellington, early March 1846 prompted the new Lieutenant Governor George Grey to proclaim Martial Law and call out the Hutt Militia.

Following on from this the local paper noted that the No 1 Company of the Wellington Militia had been called out, while the troops stationed in the town had been in the Hutt.

The Duke of Wellington and his army of British and Portuguese gradually pushed the French out of Spain and in early 1814, as Napoleon was being driven back in the east by the Prussians, Austrians, and Russians, Wellington invaded southern France.

In recent years, Victoria has had to expand out of its original campus in Kelburn, and new campuses have been set up in Te Aro ( architecture and design ), Pipitea ( opposite Parliament, housing the law, and commerce and administration schools ) and Karori ( education )-the Wellington College of Education, established in 1880, merged with the University to become its revived Faculty of Education on 1 January 2005.

As the battle proceeds, Wellington reorganizes his lines, moving them a few yards further back, so they are out of the reach of the French artillery.

Wellington calls out to him: " Now, Maitland!

The band was formed in 1995, and quickly developed an enviable live reputation, securing support slots for the likes of Everclear, The Foo Fighters and Soundgarden ( after a Wellington Town Hall show, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd presented Clinton Tokona with his Music Man bass guitar after falling out with it on stage ).

In 1908 Bruce, Wellington Suburbs, Wellington South, Masterton, Ohinemuri and Eden voted ‘ no-license ' and many wine makers were denied the right to sell their wines locally and were forced out of business.

When the Greek revolution broke out in 1821, the British Cabinet was dominated by the conservative faction of the ruling Tory party, including Castlereagh, Lord Liverpool ( prime minister ) and Duke of Wellington, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo and now Master General of Ordnance.

A large group of Oberlin residents, consisting of both white and black townspeople, students, and faculty, set out for Wellington to release Price from captivity.

* At Conyngham Road, near the South Circular Road junction, the regular wall takes on an unusual arch shape before levelling out again this marks the point where the Liffey Bridge enters the Park via a rail tunnel that continues on beneath the Wellington monument.

The following year, Wellington marched 121, 000 troops ( 53, 749 British, 39, 608 Spanish, and 27, 569 Portuguese ) from northern Portugal across the mountains of northern Spain and the Esla River, by 20 May 1813, to outflank Marshal Jourdan's army of 68, 000 who were strung out between the Douro and the Tagus.

Just outside the city Wellington Bombers flew out of Fradley Aerodrome which was known as RAF Lichfield.

At the end of Eastbourne beyond Burdan's gate there is a long pedestrian-only coastal road ( unsealed ) which extends out to the Wellington Harbour entrance heads.

During the War of 1812, troops stationed at Fort Wellington crossed the frozen river and burned Ogdensburg in retaliation for an American raid further up the river ; the American citizens of Ogdensburg, who were profiting by supplying the British army with food and other necessities, drove out their own American military detachment after the raid so that they could continue doing business with the British army in Prescott.

Produce from the farms was shipped out via the bustling docks of the lakeside villages of Port Nelson and Wellington Square, as well as Brown's Wharf in the nearby village of Port Flamborough ( which was to become Aldershot ).

On 21 May 1840, in response to the creation of a " republic " by the New Zealand Company settlers of Port Nicholson ( later Wellington ), who were laying out a new town under the flag of an independent New Zealand, Hobson asserted British sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand, despite the incompleteness of the Treaty signing.

James Allen Ward, a Sergeant Pilot with 75 Squadron, was first, when he climbed out onto the wing of his Vickers Wellington bomber to smother an engine fire in flight on 7 July 1941.

In three crucial votes Brudenell abstained, because of his admiration for Wellington, the bill's sponsor, and in consequence he was thrown out of his seat.

Just in time as a new war was about to break out at the bottom end of the North Island, around Wellington.

Pursued onto French soil, Soult was maneuvered out of several positions at Nivelle, Nive, and Orthez, before dealing Wellington a final bloody nose at the Battle of Toulouse.