Comments by "Neil of Longbeck" (@neiloflongbeck5705) on "The Vickers Wellesley – Unheralded Hero of a Forgotten War" video.

That's probably it's named after a place not the person, in line with the RAF's bomber naming convention of using place names from within the Empire. Canada or Australia this time.
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@mattheweagles5123 no, that was the town after which Sir Athur took his title.
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@mattheweagles5123 Canberra is not an English town or city but we named a bomber after it. PS before being made a Duke he was made the Baron Duoro and the Viscount Wellington in Augusr 1809, then in February 1812 he was made the Earl of Wellington and in August the Marquess of Wellington. It wasn't until May 1814 that he became the Duke of Wellington, and on the same day the Marquess of Duoro. However, before all of that he was a younger son of an Earl and so Sir would have been appropriate upto the point he was made an Earl.
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