He resigned from the Cabinet to protest George Canning's plan for Catholic Emancipation. However, during his later time as Prime Minister, this man wa
He resigned from the Cabinet to protest George Canning's plan for Catholic Emancipation. However, during his later time as Prime Minister, this man was forced by the election of Daniel O'Connell to push Emancipation through Parliament. Earlier, he had denounced his troops as "the scum of the earth" for being drunk during the (*) Peninsular War. Shortly thereafter, he collaborated with von Blucher to win a battle that ended the Hundred Days. For 10 points, name this British general of the Napoleonic Wars, the victor at Waterloo.
He resigned from the Cabinet to protest George Canning's plan for Catholic Emancipation.
the Duke of Wellington [or Arthur Wellesley]