The application of Mr James Bradbury to have the name Cheltenham Street changed to Wellington Park Avenue be granted TIC 22nd July 1885 Named after Lord Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an soldier and Tory politician statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in his time. He was twice prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic war when the coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.