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galleries. The printed orders of service were given to the choirboys to distribute, who being unable access the packed upper galleries, scatterd them about the lower seats resulting in a general scramble. Those who had too many service sheets screwed them up into balls and threw them up to those seated above. On the arrival of the funeral car, the mechanism to rotate and dismount the bier and coffin failed and it took an hour to solve the problem. Meanwhile, the great west door of the cathedral was left open to the cold wind, to the distress of the elderly
Chelsea Pesioners standing close by.
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It was watched by an immense crowd, estimated by the police at a million and a half, who had travelled from all over the United
Kingdom by train and represented more than five percent of the total population. Those who could not afford a place in one of the overlooking houses or in the temporary stands which had been erected along the route, packed the pavements. Despite press warnings of potential disorder, the crowds maintained a respectful silence throughout. The sight of them lifting their hats together as the coffin passed was said to resemble the rising of a flock of birds.
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660:, the gas company had recently dug up the road leaving a patch of sand and mud, in which the wheels of the funeral car sank, causing it to list sideways; the coffin was only saved from falling by having been secured with copper wire. The car was eventually hauled free with the assistance of sixty policemen. A contingent of Chelsea Pensioners joined the procession at
387:, the gatehouse which spanned the roadway on the route to St Paul's. The immense weight of the duke's quadruple coffin, made of pine, oak, lead and mahogany, required another mechanism which could rotate the bier to allow it to be dismounted. It was to be drawn by a team of twelve horses in ranks of three.
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was read over the coffin at Walmer with only the duke's close relatives present and the text was not used at the later public service in St Paul's. Meanwhile, special lighting and temporary wooden galleries to accommodate 10,000 people were installed in the cathedral itself, while some of the windows
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in coaches, bringing the total length of the procession to 2 miles (3.2 km). By the time the funeral car reached
Ludgate Hill, the twelve horses drawing it were close to exhaustion and sailors had to help push it up the gradient to the cathedral. The procession had taken four and a half hours.
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applied to the legs and tickling the jaw with a feather. At about 2 pm, the duke's valet suggested that he might be more comfortable in an arm chair, rather than the military camp bed in which he always slept, but the old man died after the move, at 3:25 pm. Urgent
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and sword were mounted on the pall-covered coffin. Following behind was a groom leading the duke's horse, with boots reversed in the stirrups. Although there had been some early rain, the sun broke through as the procession started. The route took the parade past
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Wellington's coffin was placed overnight in his former office at Horse Guards, before being transferred in the early morning to the funeral car, which was parked in a temporary pavilion just outside. Before dawn, troops began to assemble for the procession, six
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British industry. Critical reaction to the funeral car was varied; Victoria described it as "very gorgeous" and the
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estimated the number of visitors on the final day at 55,800. The total number over the five days was estimated at almost half a million. Shortly after 9 pm, a hearse escorted by Life Guards arrived to transfer the coffin to
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carrying the duke's armorial bearings and military representatives of the allied nations carrying his batons. Alongside were senior
British general officers acting as pall-bearers and it was followed by his eldest son,
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had been allowed to pay their respects, many of whom had served under
Wellington, followed by parties of Guards and some local schools, the public were admitted. The queue stretched back as far as Ebury Square near
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His body was embalmed before being sealed in his coffin, and remained in his bedroom at Walmer while preparations for the funeral began. During this time, the coffin was guarded by detachments from the
1162:. There it remained until November 1853, when it was finally brought to the ground. However, Wellington's own sarcophagus was not completed until April 1858. It was made from a single piece of Cornish
284:, which he completed and had printed by 16 November, two days before the funeral. The work had not been commissioned, but was written "because it was expected". It received mixed critical reviews.
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wrote that it was a "monstrous bronze mass" and an "incoherent muddle of expensive palls, flags, sheets and poles... more like one of the street carts that hawk doormats than a bier for a hero".
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Before the hall was opened to the public, it was visited by Queen
Victoria, along with Albert and their children; the queen was overcome with emotion and had to be assisted out. After the
465:; the coffin was placed in the Great Hall at 3 am. The hall had previously been draped with black cloth to resemble a large tent and was lit only by candles, mounted on four rows of large
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262:. While preparations were in hand, the queen also felt that the duke should not be left without funeral rites for such a long time and accordingly, the Funeral Service from the
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The enormous carriage measured 27 feet (8.2 m) long, 11 feet (3.4 m) wide and 17 feet (5.2 m) tall, the main body of which was cast in 12 tons of solid
578:. Also included were carriages carrying Wellington's relatives, senior British and allied officers and members of the royal family, the foremost being Prince Albert.
1186:; it was not finally completed until 1912. The funeral car was preserved in the crypt of St Paul's until 1981, when it was moved to Wellington's country mansion,
469:. At the far end of the hall, the coffin, covered in red velvet, was mounted on a dias under a black canopy, surrounded by twelve more candelabras and the duke's
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arrived, who suggested a cup of tea, but this brought on a seizure. Treatments tried by Hulke, assisted by his son and the local doctor, included a
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to St Paul's. Following tradition, Victoria did not attend the funeral, but watched the procession from
Buckingham Palace before going to
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570:; a total of some 10,000 men. Included were a representatives of each regiment of the British Army, as well officers representing the
383:, supported a canopy of embroidered Indian fabric. These halberds were able to be lowered so that the car would be able to pass under
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and initially placed in the Chapel of St
Michael and St George before being moved to its present position between two columns in the
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and entailed a wait of up to five and a half hours. Such were the crowds that two women, Sarah Bean and Charlotte Cooke, were
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219:'s insistence, planning for a great state funeral started at once, to be financed by the sum of ÂŁ100,000 voted through by
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praising Wellington's character and achievements; this was marred when it was found that part of the speech had been
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caused record flooding in parts of London, an event that became known as "the Duke of Wellington’s Flood".
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130:, in old age it was his military career which was remembered and he was revered as a national hero. His
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said that it was "magnificent" and "a wonderful proof of English capacity". However, the diarist
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Wellington's bedroom at Walmer Castle, including his camp bed and the arm chair in which he died.
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borrowed from a brewery, was preceded by the band of the Grenadier Guards playing
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The funeral service in St Paul's, with the coffin placed beneath the dome.
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called it "tawdry, cumbrous and vulgar", while the essayist and historian
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had been sent to London, requesting the attendance of eminent surgeons
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in London was the grandest of any in Britain during the 19th century.
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2206:"Anxiously Managing Mourning: Wellington's Funeral and the Press"
223:(equivalent to ÂŁ1,372,458 in 2023). During that process, the
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The entrance procession of the coffin, preceded by the heralds.
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at Hyde Park Corner, the location of the duke's London home,
336:. The concept was inspired by the putative reconstruction of
203:, a regiment in which Wellington held the ceremonial post of
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The Life Of Field Marshal The Duke Of Wellington: Volume II
1339:"WELLINGTON'S DEATH: LYING IN STATE AND FUNERAL PROCESSION"
1991:
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
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Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of Wellington
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Wellington's sarcophagus in the crypt of St Paul's.
664:. At Temple Bar, which had been transformed into a
332:collaborated on a new design with German architect
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513:. On the same day, heavy rain combined with a
2011:"Building stones, their structure and origin"
1564:. University of Southampton. 17 November 1852
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791:. This was followed by Goss's second anthem,
566:of cavalry and seventeen artillery pieces in
504:On 17 November, the hall closed at 5 pm. The
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1994:. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.
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1002:Antonie Frederik Jan Floris Jacob van Omphal
36:Wellington's funeral procession arriving at
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2397:Deaths and funerals of royalty and nobility
2255:The Wake of Wellington: Englishness in 1852
1959:. London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer.
533:The funeral procession at Hyde Park Corner.
2293:Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington
787:was sung to a chant arranged by Goss from
282:Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington
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2328:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2189:. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd.
1880:. Woodbrige, Suffolk: The Boydell Press.
1031:Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
1026:Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
429:, escorted by the Rifle Brigade and with
2367:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
2078:. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
1077:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
978:Mariano TĂ©llez-GirĂłn, 12th Duke of Osuna
756:Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
108:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
2043:. St Albans, Herts: Panther Books Ltd.
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777:, the organist at St Paul's. After the
648:When the procession had passed through
154:In his last years, Wellington lived at
2168:. Martlesham, Suffolk: Boydell Press.
1956:The Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington
1133:Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
801:Funeral Sentences by Croft and Purcell
340:'s funeral car by French archeologist
2258:. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
1042:Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
1014:Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
304:had been commissioned from the royal
300:The original design for Wellington's
162:coast, the official residence of the
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2377:State funerals in the United Kingdom
2307:. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
815:had proclaimed the duke's titles, a
124:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1393:Garlick 1998, pp. 116 & 120-121
1288:"Funeral of the Duke of Wellington"
879:Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
871:Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
765:During the service, one of two new
1935:. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi B.V.
1558:"STORM EVENT - 17TH NOVEMBER 1852"
1170:, which was found in a field near
721:written by the duke's father, the
645:to see it pass for a second time.
371:composed of real weapons from the
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2325:Dickens and the Business of Death
2093:Pearsall, Cornelia D. J. (1999).
1924:. London: Colburn & Co. 1852.
1904:. London: Yale University Press.
1449:Blaker, Michael (25 April 2021).
2099:Victorian Literature and Culture
1787:. 6 December 1852. p. 3551.
583:Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
447:Bricklayers Arms railway station
2282:. London: Ingram, Cooke and Co.
1451:"Wellington's Funeral Carriage"
1372:Quinn 2015, Introduction p. xii
1337:Ridgley, Paul (12 April 2019).
1047:John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
773:, composed for the occasion by
549:The procession in Fleet Street.
164:Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
22:Death and state funeral of the
2352:London: London Gazette Office.
2147:. Middleton WI: A-R Editions.
2015:Stone: An Illustrated Magazine
1343:www.waterlooassociation.org.uk
1128:Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1058:Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
971:Bearers of Wellington's batons
854:Duchess of Kent and Strathearn
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813:Garter Principal King of Arms
771:If we believe that Jesus died
672:; it was joined there by the
2067:. London: Bell & Daldey.
1140:Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
585:. The funeral car, drawn by
541:The procession in Pall Mall.
473:. The coffin was guarded by
16:1852 state funeral in London
2301:Turner, Michael J. (2004).
2274:Stocqueler, Joachim Hayward
2144:John Goss: Complete Anthems
2040:Wellington, Pillar of State
1988:Laqueur, Thomas W. (2015).
1520:Colburn's 1852, pp. 592-593
1082:Chancellor of the Exchequer
809:His body is buried in peace
749:. The bier was preceded by
322:Department of Practical Art
225:Chancellor of the Exchequer
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2387:Funerals of British people
2252:Sinnema, Peter W. (2006).
2216:(2. Winter, 2000): 30–60.
2204:Sinnema, Peter W. (2000).
1493:Longford 1975, pp. 491-492
1104:Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
984:Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov
789:Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
118:, which finally ended the
2183:Richardson, John (2001).
2141:Quinn, Iain, ed. (2015).
2111:10.1017/S1060150399272026
2059:Maxwell, William Hamilton
2009:Lobley, J. Logan (1892).
1973:. London: HarperCollins.
1970:Wellington: the Iron Duke
1729:Maxwell 1865, pp. 480-481
1312:Maxwell 1884, pp. 465-470
1053:Alexander George Woodford
1000:Army of the Netherlands,
990:August Ludwig von Nostitz
433:being fired from Walmer,
58:14 September 1852 (death)
29:
2162:Range, Matthias (2016).
1582:Maxwell 1865, p. 470-471
1220:Holmes 2003, pp. 298-279
1091:Archbishop of Canterbury
625:. After passing through
461:, where the duke was to
280:, wrote a lengthy poem,
231:, delivered an eloquent
38:St Paul's Cathedral
2296:. London: Edward Moxon.
1929:Garlick, Harry (1999).
1874:Allis, Michael (2012).
1741:Range 2016, pp. 244-246
1666:Stocqueler 1852, p. 278
1529:Richardson 2001, p. 277
1484:Gleig 1865, pp. 458-459
1178:, but was completed by
1006:Hanovarian Army, Baron
739:Charles James Blomfield
394:Illustrated London News
2021:(June–November): 45–47
1702:Colburn's 1852, p. 607
1675:Colburn's 1852, p. 605
1547:Colburn's 1852, p. 593
1502:Colburn's 1852, p. 592
1345:. Waterloo Association
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1070:Other notable mourners
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945:the Duke's grandnephew
941:Hon. William Wellesley
924:the Duke's grandnephew
901:Lord Charles Wellesley
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459:Royal Hospital Chelsea
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122:, and served twice as
2344:Young, Charles George
2322:Wood, Claire (2015).
2222:10.1353/vcr.2000.0030
1851:Longford 1975, p. 495
1833:Pearsall 1999, p. 384
1797:Young 1852, pp. 14-15
1750:Pearsall 1999, p. 379
1657:Longford 1975, p. 494
1594:Longford 1975, p. 493
1238:Longford 1975, p. 490
1188:Stratfield Saye House
1153:
952:Hon. Gerald Wellesley
811:by Handel. After the
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658:Duke of York's Column
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308:, Messers Ranting of
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265:Book of Common Prayer
189:Sir William Fergusson
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2382:November 1852 events
1951:Gleig, George Robert
1860:Garlick 1999, p. 123
1693:Garlick 1999, p. 113
1636:Maxwell 1865, p. 480
1615:Garlick 1999, p. 117
1475:Garlick 1998, p. 120
1439:Garlick 1998, p. 116
1421:Garlick 1998, p. 117
1407:Laqueur 2015, p. 334
1363:Garlick 1998, p. 114
1256:Hibbert 1997, p. 399
1064:Charles James Napier
961:Rev. Henry Wellesley
860:Duchess of Cambridge
427:Deal railway station
342:Quatremère de Quincy
318:13th Duke of Norfolk
2072:Muir, Rory (2015).
2035:Longford, Elizabeth
1711:Sinnema 2000, p. 41
1645:Sinnema 2000, p. 34
1627:Holmes 2003, p. 298
1538:Sinnema 2000, p. 37
1457:. The Victorian Web
1277:Holmes 2003, p. 297
1229:Holmes 2003, p. 293
1166:, of a type called
1122:Prince of Leiningen
560:Horse Guards Parade
506:Metropolitan Police
475:Yeomen of the Guard
338:Alexander the Great
136:St Paul's Cathedral
85:St Paul's Cathedral
26:
1842:Lobley 1892, p. 46
1784:The London Gazette
1720:Range 2016, p. 244
1684:Sinnema 2006, p.12
1562:www.surgewatch.org
1511:Gleig 1865, p. 459
1384:Burns 2004, p. 384
1268:Gleig 1865, p. 458
1247:Gleig 1865, p. 457
1211:Allis 2012, p. 105
1156:
1037:Peregrine Maitland
920:Viscount Wellesley
911:Earl of Mornington
892:Duke of Wellington
797:Dead March in Saul
723:Earl of Mornington
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593:Dead March in Saul
576:East India Company
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490:Chelsea Pensioners
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134:on 18 November at
116:Battle of Waterloo
101:Crypt of St Paul's
24:Duke of Wellington
1824:Young 1852, p. 24
1815:Young 1852, p. 13
1806:Young 1852, p. 15
1768:Young 1852, p. 16
1759:Young 1852, p. 14
1606:Muir 2015, p. 572
1430:Muir 2015, p. 569
1292:www.parliament.uk
1116:Count of Flanders
1100:French Ambassador
1086:Benjamin Disraeli
994:Portuguese Army,
965:the Duke's nephew
956:the Duke's nephew
936:the Duke's nephew
915:the Duke's nephew
866:Duke of Cambridge
821:Felix Mendelssohn
793:And the King said
747:Henry Hart Milman
743:Dean of St Paul's
727:Westminster Abbey
643:St James's Palace
619:St James's Street
607:Constitution Hill
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