3782437 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936); (add.info.: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The accompanying verse reads \'The great Duke of Wellington / Reduced himself to a skellington. / He reached seven stone two, / And then -- Waterloo!\' Anglo-Irish soldier and Prime Minister, c. 29 April/1 May, 1769 ? 14 September, 1852. English writer, 29 May 1874 ? 14 June 1936 Taken from Biography for Beginners, ed. E Clerihew, published by T Werner Laurie in London, 1905.); Lebrecht History.