| WELLESLEY | Arthur -, 1st Duke of Wellington; prime minister from 1828-30 |
| CONNAUGHT | Son of Queen Victoria who was Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916: Prince Arthur, 1st Duke |
| DUKE | Iron"; nickname of Arthur Wellesley, prime minister 1828-30 and 1834 (4) |
| BENTINCK | Lord William Cavendish -, governor general of Bengal from 1828 to 1835 (8) |
| IRON | The ____ Duke, nickname of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (4) |
| IRONDUKE | Nickname of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (4,4) |
| ARTHURWELLESLEY | Actual name of the 1st Duke of Wellington (6,9) |
| PAKENHAM | Kitty, woman who married the 1st Duke of Wellington in Dublin in 1806 (8) |
| APSLEY | ____ House, home of the first Duke of Wellington by London's Hyde Park Corner (6) |
| GAUNT | John of _, 1st Duke of Lancaster; father of Henry IV (5) |
| NEWCASTLE | Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of -, prime minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762 (9) |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | The 1st Duke of Lancaster; son of Edward III and father of Henry IV (4,2,5) |
| MARLBOROUGH | 1st Duke of ---, title of John Churchill, English general who commanded British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| ARABELLACHURCHILL | Elder sister of 1st Duke of Marlborough (8,9) |
| HOWARD | Family surname of the 1st Duke of Norfolk, inaugurated 1483 (6) |
| BLENHEIM | This palace is located in Oxfordshire, England. It was built in 1705-24 by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It is regarded as the finest example of |
| BRONTE | King Ferdinand made Horatio Nelson 1st duke of this Sicilian town in 1799 (6) |
| AVENUES | Word, possibly introduced by John Evelyn, for tree-lined paths or roads, such as those constituting the 72 miles worth laid out by the 1st Duke of Montagu at Boughton (7) |
| SYON | Tudor mansion in Middlesex that was remodelled by Robert Adam in the 1760s for his patron, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (4) |
| LIONELSACKVILLE | The first Duke of Dorset who was chosen to inform George I of his accession to the throne in 1714 (6,9) |
