Merrion Hotel the reputed birthplace of a soldier who defeated Napoleon at what battle?
Merrion Hotel Merrion Hotel is a hotel in Dublin, Ireland, which comprises a block of four terraced houses on Upper Merrion Street, built in the 1760s by Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck, for wealthy Irish merchants and nobility. He lived in No. 22, which became known as Monck House. The first of these Georgian houses (No. 24), Mornington House, is the reputed birthplace of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. It is half owned by Lochlann Quinn.
Louis Peru de Lacroix Louis Peru de Lacroix (14 September 1780 – 1837) was a French general who battled in the army of Napoleon I and later travelled to Colombia, where he joined the army of Simón Bolívar. He is famous for his biographical work of Bolívar, "El Diario de Bucaramanga", a valuable source of information for historians about Bolívar's beliefs and private life.