Along with Winston Churchill, he is possibly one of the worst Chancellors of the Exchequer the United Kingdom has had to offer. Giving The Bank of England the decision over monetary did well in contributing to the banking crisis of 2008!
Wellesley may well have been one of the greatest military leaders of all time, but contrastingly his short time as Prime Minister is surely regarded as a failure?
Although this is a well researched video, I have to challenge your comment that "only one last great obstacle was blocking his pass", as Russia was also a major hindrance on his hopes of completely domination, although I expect Napoleon himself could not have anticipated the disastrous 1812 Russi...
Such a good song!