Wellington was " beastly ", Orwell told his childhood friend Jacintha Buddicom, but he said he was " interested and happy " at Eton.

She chose, so Wellington said, a woman " of indelicate manners, indifferent character and not very inviting appearance, from a hope that disgust with a wife would secure constancy to a mistress.

According to Nevill ( citing the historian Sir Edward Creasy ), what Wellington said, while passing an Eton cricket match many decades later, was, " There grows the stuff that won Waterloo ", a remark Nevill construes as a reference to " the manly character induced by games and sport " amongst English youth generally, not a comment about Eton specifically.

Supported by Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton and Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Bob Parker said that increased cooperation and the forming of a new South Island-wide mayoral forum were essential to representing the island's interests in Wellington and countering the new Auckland Council.

The Prime Minister wanted the Duke of Wellington to command in Canada and finally win the war ; Wellington said that he would go to America but he believed he was needed in Europe.

It was said that Wellington " defeated an army of 40, 000 men in 40 minutes.

Other attractions related to the battle are the Wellington Museum and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph, where Wellington is said to have prayed before going into battle and where British and Dutch plaques commemorating the fallen are now to be seen.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington said of it " They have spoiled my Battlefield.

The first American Letter was broadcast on 24 March 1946 ( Cooke said this was at the request of Lindsey Wellington, the BBC's New York Controller ); the series was initially commissioned for only 13 instalments.

He is said to be wearing here the boots of his own design, the Wellington

Wellington said that Soult " never seems to me to know how to handle troops after the battle had begun ".

Some notable people whose Requiem Masses were said at the cathedral include New York Yankees greats Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Billy Martin ; legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, singer Celia Cruz, former Attorney General and U. S. Senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy, New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, and former Governor of New York Hugh Carey.

" It is also said that not even the British government knew about the forts and was stunned when Wellington first said in despatches he had retreated to them.

On succeeding his illustrious father he was said to have remarked: " Imagine what it will be when the Duke of Wellington is announced, and only I walk in the room .." The relationship between father and son is often described as the classic case of the son of a famous father who is never able to live up to his legacy.

Its pub sign features a boot of the Duke of Wellington, but the tradition of the Soulbury Boot is said to be much older than that.

The high school physics instructor, Wellington Grey, published an Internet petition, wherein he said, " I am a physics teacher.

Hubert Wellington said that while Delacroix was a lifelong admirer of Gros, the dominating enthusiasm of his youth was for Géricault.

It was installed on a Wellington of No. 115 Squadron from RAF Watton captained by Pilot Officer Jack Foster who later said that " targets were found and bombed as never before ".

The Duke of Wellington later said that he was " a very bad choice ; he was a man wanting in education and judgment.

With a grin Wellington stated, "' I didn't think I said I put every name on that list.

A Māori name for Wellington, Pōneke is often said to be a transliteration of Port Nick, although this etymology is disputed.

Wellington rejected their pleas outright, declaring that " XVIII is the best way to preserve the integrity of France ".

In a twist of fate, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, best known for taking part in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, was trained at the Military Academy of Angers.

She is best known as a historian, especially for her biographies of 19th century luminaries such as Queen Victoria ( 1964 ), Lord Byron ( 1976 ) and the Duke of Wellington ( 2 vol 1969 ).

The prince of Wales visited him especially often, and many of his finest portraits are in the state apartments at St. James's Palace, the best perhaps being those of the prince, the duke and duchess of York, of Lord Rodney and of Lord Nelson, Among his other sitters were Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, Frere and Sir George Beaumont.

The painting won best album cover in 1975 and is now the property of New Zealand's main museum ' Te Papa ' in Wellington.

It was acknowledged that he had worked to the best of maybe limited ability at an impossible task and had probably contributed more than anyone else to the foundation of Wellington.

Among the best known were the US Douglas C-47, Boeing B-17, North American B-25 and Lockheed P-38, and British Vickers Wellington that used a geodesic construction method, and Avro Lancaster, all revamps of original designs from the 1930s.

The Allied leaders consequently agreed to concentrate at Albuera, which was the location chosen by Wellington as best suited for an attempt to resist any French advance to relieve Badajoz.

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet, RA ( Vienna, 6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890 ) was a medallist and sculptor, best known for the Jubilee head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner.

Wellington called Alten, " the best of the Hanoverians.

In the 1983 / 84 home series against England Cairns took his best test figures of 7-143 off 45 overs in the first test at the Basin Reserve, Wellington.

From 6: 00 am till 7: 00 am on Sundays, a ' best of ' show is played, with highlights of the Mike Hosking breakfast between 6: 00 am and 6: 30 am, and Highlights of the Leighton Smith show, or Local morning shows in Wellington and Christchurch, between 6: 30 am and 7: 00 am done by morning hosts during the week.

Wellington is regarded as having the best passenger train system in New Zealand.

Athfields best known works include Telecom Towers, Civic Square and Wellington Library, Jade Stadium in Christchurch and work on the design of the Bangkok rapid transport system.

He designed many public buildings in Wellington, including the old Government House and Parliament buildings, but he is best known for designing the Old Government Buildings in Wellington, then part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the second-largest wooden building in the world ( behind Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan ).

His best results were semi-finals appearances at the 1985 outdoor Tokyo, 1989 Wellington, and 1989 Schenectady Grand Prix events.

The 6 ' 0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 Wellington Classic, and 1992 Johannesburg Grand Prix events.

By far the best performance of his career came for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in February 1884, when he ran through the second innings with figures of 8 / 13.

The ninth United Kingdom Parliament, which had been elected in 1830, did not have a stable majority for the Tory government of the Duke of Wellington: the best estimate is that it had 310 supporters, 225 opponents and 121 doubtful.

A microwave telecommunications tower on Wrights Hill in Wellington, New Zealand

Hill was born in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Upper Canada ( now Ontario ).

During the Second World War, two 9. 2 inch ( 23 cm ) gun installations were constructed on Wrights Hill behind Wellington.

The highest point in Manchester is atop Wellington Hill, where the elevation reaches above sea level.

The State Highway 2, via Rimutaka Hill Road connects the region to Wellington in the south and the Manawatu in the north.

It is home to Wellington State Park, Sugar Hill State Forest, and Profile Falls on the Smith River.

It was built by the firm of Hill, Norman & Beard Ltd ( bought by Christie in 1923 ); after the Second World War John Christie made a gift of sections of the soundboards, pipes and structural parts to the rebuilt Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks ( which had been destroyed in the blitz ); the case and console remain at Glyndebourne.

During the Land Boom of the 1880s, St Kilda became a densely populated district of great stone mansions and palatial hotels, particularly along the seaside streets such as Fitzroy Street, Grey Street and Acland Street the area once known as St Kilda Hill centred between Wellington Street, Alma Road, former High Street ( incorporated as part of St Kilda Road ) and Chapel Street.

A statue of the first Duke of Wellington mounted on his horse, Copenhagen, is situated on Round Hill behind the Royal Garrison Church.

Wellington Ward is quite unique, as it combines the most compact urban parts of the town ( the town centre and Cargate Hill ) with a very large acreage of unpopulated woodlands, forests and heathland.

* at Hill 70, from Romani, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ( less the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, but with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade's 5th Light Horse Regiment, temporarily attached ), commanded by Edward Chaytor, and the 5th Mounted Yeomanry Brigade, under the direct command of Lawrence, were joined on the railway by infantry in the 126th ( East Lancashire ) Brigade ( 42nd Division ).

The majority of pupils from this school go on to Lord Wandsworth College, Wellington College, Berkshire and Farnborough Hill.

These names were subsumed in the Tudor period as ' Longe Southwark ' ( differentiated from ' Short Southwark ' now Tooley Street ) and by the late Georgian era as simply ' High Street ' and the northern section from the junction with Duke Street Hill was renamed ' Wellington Street ' to commemorate the Duke of Wellington.

* Arthur Wills John Wellington Trumbull Blundell Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire ( 1871 – 1918 )

* Arthur Wills Percy Wellington Blundell Trumbull Hill, 7th Marquess of Downshire ( 1894 – 1989 )

The Auckland regiment cleared Old No. 3 Outpost and the Wellington regiment took Destroyer Hill and the Table Top.

The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade's headquarters took up a position on the ridge, on a knob later called ' Chaytor's Hill ', while the Wellington and Canterbury Regiments pressed on towards Gaza.

* Box Hill, a street in Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand ; see Box Hill railway station, Wellington

It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, South Gloucester, Greely, Metcalfe, Spring Hill, and Vernon before exiting the city limits at Belmeade Road.

Consequently, Smith, Wellington and Hoddle Streets were extended north to connect with Heidelberg Road ( now Queens Parade ), and planning of Clifton Hill proceeded on a more organised basis than that of the remainder of the municipality, including reservation of land for public recreation purposes.

* Dan Kelly, On Golder's Hill: A History of Thorndon Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, Wellington, 2001.