The iron Duke's death chair.

This year we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo.

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, combined with a Prussian army.

This is Wellington's bedroom at Walmer Castle in Deal where he died on 14 September 1852. Walmer was his residence as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and was said to have been his favourite residence. He was found to be unwell on that morning and was aided from his military campaign bed (the same one he used throughout his historic military career) and seated in his chair where he died.