Duke of Wellington — British Public Servant born on December 30, 1769,

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and 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. In 2002, he was number 15 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons... (wikipedia)

Publish and be dammed.
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.