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Wellington Monument may refer to any one of the monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769 – 1852), a leading British political and military figure of the 19th century, particularly noted for his defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo (1815).
This is a list of the monuments erected to him (in rough chronological order):

A monumental column and statue in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. (1817)
Wellington Monument, London, on Park Lane, London; a colossal bronze statue of Achilles by Richard Westmacott (1822)
Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, London, built to a design by Decimus Burton (1825–1827)
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1844)
Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road,  Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, a column with bust on top. (1844)
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow by Carlo Marochetti (1844)
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Aldershot , originally at Hyde Park Corner, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1846)
A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Thomas Milnes at Woolwich Arsenal, which now stands in Wellington Park (1848)
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, East End of Princes Street, Edinburgh. by Sir John Steell (1848–52)
Wellington Monument, Somerset, in the Blackdown Hills (Commenced 1817, completed in 1854)This monument overlooks the town of Wellington, from which Wellington's title was taken.

A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Carlo Marochetti  in Leeds, England, which now stands in Woodhouse Moor park (1855).
A statue in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester by Matthew Noble. (1855/6)
A monument in the Great Hall of the Guildhall, London by John Bell (1856)
Duke of Wellington Statue, The Bulwark, Brecon, Wales, by John Evan Thomas, (1858)
Wellington Monument, Dublin, by Robert Smirke.  The memorial in the Phoenix park is the tallest obelisk in Europe . (Commenced 1817, completed 1861)
Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column, outside Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire, a column with statue on top,  by Carlo Marochetti (1863)
Wellington's Column in Liverpool by Mr George and Andrew Lawson (1865)
Wellington Monument, Baslow,Edge Derbyshire. A stone cross(1866)
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner, London by Joseph Boehm (1888)
A monument in St Paul's Cathedral, London, where he is buried. By Alfred Stevens , (completed 1912)
A bust in Porto where he led Anglo-Portuguese troops against French troops in the 1809 in the Second Battle of Porto, Portugal.The Duke's horse, Copenhagen, has a monument over his grave at Stratfield Saye House,  Hampshire.
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