In 1839, Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, hosted a sumptuous supper to commemorate his victory over Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, an annual tradition he’d started in 1820.

The 1st Duke of Wellington was always very particular about the way he turned himself out — as was his nemesis Napoleon, of course.

For decades, Glaswegians have capped the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art with a traffic cone. Locals have battled the council over the placement of the cone for years ...