Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington after "half a lifetime together, they had come to understand each other at the end". He had found consolation for his unhappy marriage in his warm friendship with the diarist Harriet Arbuthnot, wife of his colleague Charles Arbuthnot. Harriet's death in the cholera epidemic of 1834 was almost as great a blow to Wellington as it was to her husband. The two widowers spent their last years together at Apsley House. Wellington died at Walmer Castle in Deal on 14 September 1852. This was his residence as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Walmer Castle was said to have been
89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Counties) AA Bde) based at Dover, part of 1 AA Group. In 1953, the regiment was officially given the subsidiary title 'Cinque Ports' after its parent 75th (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) HAA Rgt raised in the ancient Cinque Ports of Kent. Anti-Aircraft Command was disbanded on 1 March 1955 and 489 (Cinque Ports) HAA Rgt was disbanded at the same time. Winston Churchill, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, was appointed Honorary Colonel of 89th (Cinque Ports) HAA Rgt on 20 February 1942. 89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The 89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery