John Fredrick Parker
Donor
We've talked before about how Europe would be different without Napoleon's Hundred Days Campaign in 1815, but one aspect of this that hasn't gotten much attention is how it significantly added to the legend of the victorious commander, Arthur Wellesley, who went on to have a very significant impact on British politics over the following two decades. So my questions for this thread -- first, without Waterloo, would Wellington's rise in the Tory Party have been less successful than OTL? And if so, how would this reduced influence have changed parliamentary politics and policy during this period (1815-35)?