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    The Wellington-Winchilsea Duel took place on 21 March 1829 at Battersea, then in Surrey on the outskirts of London. It was a bloodless duel fought between...
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    participating in the Wellington–Winchilsea duel with the then Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829. Finch Hatton, born at Kirby...
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    Castlereagh (1809) WellingtonWinchilsea duel. The Duke of Wellington fought a duel with Lord Winchilsea (1829) In Early New High German, the duel was known as...
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    glad the debt is no greater." WellingtonWinchilsea duel. On March 21, 1829, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the British Prime Minister (January...
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    together and get them to work together. WellingtonWinchilsea duel, an 1829 duel involving the Duke of Wellington Bew 2012, p. 6. Hunt 2008, p. 18 f.. Theo...
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    gentlemen fired, without effect. 1829: WellingtonWinchilsea duel. The Duke of Wellington and the 10th Earl of Winchilsea; both aimed wide. 1832: On Thursday...
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  • pro-Protestantism. On 21 March 1829 Winchilsea took part in the bloodless WellingtonWinchilsea duel against Wellington at Battersea Fields. The inability...
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    Earl of Winchilsea is a title in the Peerage of England. It has been held by the Finch-Hatton family of Kent, and united with the title of Earl of Nottingham...
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    department of the State". Wellington responded by immediately challenging Winchilsea to a duel. On 21 March 1829, Wellington and Winchilsea met on Battersea fields...
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  • 1829. The result was the WellingtonWinchilsea duel at Battersea Fields on 21 March. Shots were fired but no-one was hurt. Duel Day is still celebrated...
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    for duelling. On 21 March 1829, the WellingtonWinchilsea duel took place when the Prime Minister Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea met on...
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    more sympathetic to Winchilsea claimed he had aimed to kill. Honour was saved and Winchilsea wrote Wellington an apology. "Duel Day" is still celebrated...
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    sparks a revival of interest in Bach. March 21 – The bloodless WellingtonWinchilsea duel takes place at Battersea near London March 22 – Greece receives...
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  • WellingtonWinchilsea duel. A duel is fought between the Prime Minister (the Duke of Wellington) and George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, in...
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  • seize Kalavryta. 1829 – The WellingtonWinchilsea duel takes place in London involving the Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington 1844 – The Baháʼí calendar...
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    1829 he acted as the Duke of Wellington's second for the Wellington–Winchilsea duel at Battersea Fields. At the 1830 general election he transferred to...
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    member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1786, together with the Earl of Winchilsea, Richmond offered Thomas Lord a guarantee against any losses Lord might...
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    more sympathetic to Winchilsea claimed he had aimed to kill. Honour was saved and Winchilsea wrote Wellington an apology. "Duel Day" is still celebrated...
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    decors. Their son the 10th Earl of Winchilsea and 5th Earl of Nottingham, famous for his duel with Duke of Wellington, decided to expand and add a Victorian...
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    Duchess of Wellington, of the duel between the Duke of Wellington and Lord Winchilsea, 21 March 1829". University of Southampton - Wellington Papers. Retrieved...
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    emancipation. In 1829 he acted as second to Lord Winchilsea in his famous duel with the Duke of Wellington over the latter issue. He always insisted that...
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    popular area for duelling, and was the venue for the 1829 duel between the then Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea. The town of...
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  • 1829 21 March: A duel is fought between the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, in Battersea Fields...
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    the Free Masons. In May 1789 he acted as the Duke of York's second in his duel with Lieut.-Colonel Lennox on Wimbledon Common. Following the declaration...
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