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Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington and his descendants, stands right in the heart of London at Hyde Park Corner. For over 200 years, this great metropolitan mansion has been known colloquially as ?Number 1 London?, because it was the first house encountered after passing the tollgates at the top of Knightsbridge. Apsley House was originally designed and built by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 for Baron Apsley ? from whom it takes its name. It passed to the Wellesley family in 1807, being first owned by Richard and then his younger brother Arthur Wellesley ? the Duke of Wellington. Wellington is most famous for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, but this was only the culmination of a brilliant military career. He was also a major politician, rising from representing a small Irish constituency in 1790 to Prime Minister in 1828.