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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    07 September 2011
    02 June 2011
    ISBN:
    9780511873584
    9781108168977
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511873584
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.36kg, 278 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, British History after 1450, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, British History after 1450, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842) became one of the most controversial politicians of his generation during his time as Governor-General of Bengal (1798–1805). Although this period saw him achieve territorial gains in India, the financial cost was considered too high and many in London disagreed with the changes he made in Bengal. In 1809, after his return to Britain, he was appointed ambassador to Spain during the height of the Peninsular War (1808–1814) between France and an alliance of Britain, Spain and Portugal. His younger brother Arthur, the Duke of Wellington, was one of the key generals during this campaign. This collection of papers, published in 1838, covers this brief but dramatic period of Wellesley's career, after which he was appointed foreign secretary. Its editor, the political activist and historian Robert Montgomery Martin (1800–1868), also edited five volumes of Wellesley's Indian correspondence (also available in this series).

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