Historedia
Episode 2 of 2

Wellington Becomes Prime Minister

When
January 1828
Where
London
Part of
Wellington succeeds Goderich as Prime Minister

Wellington resigned as Commander-in-Chief and became Prime Minister in January 1828.

Wellington, an influential Tory member, resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army to assume the premiership. This occurred in January 1828, following the collapse of the previous coalition government.

Sources

  1. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  2. Wellington–Peel ministry Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-31

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.