article_snippet.sent: The Duke of Wellington's handwritten orders from the Battle of Waterloo Waterloo and a pair of the original 'Wellington boots' are among items in two exhibitions to mark the 200th anniversary of the conflict.
article_snippet.sent: English Heritage is putting on new displays at Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner and nearby Apsley House, the London home of the first Duke of Wellington, who commanded the army that defeated Napolean in modern day Belgium in 1815.
article_snippet.sent: At Wellington's former home, Apsley House, which dates back to the 1770s, visitors will be able see the Waterloo Gallery as the Waterloo Gallery was when he hosted annual banquets to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
article_snippet.sent: Josephine Oxley, keeper of the Wellington collection, said visitors would be able to find out about the man behind the Battle of Waterloo and also see the scale of the banquets which took place every year from 1820 until 30-year-old Duke of Wellington died in 1852. '