{"id":905,"date":"2021-01-25T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/?page_id=905"},"modified":"2021-02-18T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:04:08","slug":"wellingtons-funeral-carriage-by-dr-ruscombe-foster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/home-page\/wellingtons-funeral-carriage-by-dr-ruscombe-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington&#8217;s funeral carriage by Dr Ruscombe Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewed by Jonathan Burton<\/p>\n<p>Who was the Duke of Wellington and what was his background?<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Who-was-the-Duke-of-Wellington-and-what-was-his-background.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Who-was-the-Duke-of-Wellington-and-what-was-his-background.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/1-Who-was-the-Duke-of-Wellington-and-what-was-his-background.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> As a military organiser, how great were Wellington\u2019s achievements? How revolutionary were they at the time?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/2-As-a-military-organiser-how-great-were-Wellingtons-achievements-and-how-revolutionary-were-they-at-the-time.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/2-As-a-military-organiser-how-great-were-Wellingtons-achievements-and-how-revolutionary-were-they-at-the-time.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/2-As-a-military-organiser-how-great-were-Wellingtons-achievements-and-how-revolutionary-were-they-at-the-time.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> What did Wellington do after the war ended?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/3-What-did-Wellington-do-after-the-war-ended.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/3-What-did-Wellington-do-after-the-war-ended.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/3-What-did-Wellington-do-after-the-war-ended.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> As a politician, you wouldn\u2019t rate the Duke of Wellington highly?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/4-As-a-politician-you-wouldnt-rate-the-Duke-of-Wellington-highly.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/4-As-a-politician-you-wouldnt-rate-the-Duke-of-Wellington-highly.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/4-As-a-politician-you-wouldnt-rate-the-Duke-of-Wellington-highly.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> When Wellington died, what was the public response?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/5-When-Wellington-died-what-was-the-public-response.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/5-When-Wellington-died-what-was-the-public-response.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/5-When-Wellington-died-what-was-the-public-response.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> What was his funeral actually like? Was it very lavish?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/6-What-was-his-funeral-actually-like-and-was-it-very-lavish.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/6-What-was-his-funeral-actually-like-and-was-it-very-lavish.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/6-What-was-his-funeral-actually-like-and-was-it-very-lavish.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> How has Wellington been remembered since his death and has his legacy changed at all over that time?<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-905-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/7-How-has-Wellington-been-remembered-since-his-death-and-has-his-legacy-changed-at-all-over-that-time.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/7-How-has-Wellington-been-remembered-since-his-death-and-has-his-legacy-changed-at-all-over-that-time.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2021\/01\/7-How-has-Wellington-been-remembered-since-his-death-and-has-his-legacy-changed-at-all-over-that-time.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewed by Jonathan Burton Who was the Duke of Wellington and what was his background? As a military organiser, how great were Wellington\u2019s achievements? How revolutionary were they at the time? What did Wellington do after the war ended? As a politician, you wouldn\u2019t rate the Duke of Wellington highly? When Wellington died, what was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/home-page\/wellingtons-funeral-carriage-by-dr-ruscombe-foster\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wellington&#8217;s funeral carriage by Dr Ruscombe Foster<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51226,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/905\/revisions\/906"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}