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William 'The Duke' Wellington is a fictional character portrayed by Stuart Martin in the TV series Miss Scarlet and the Duke.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Inheritance (season 1), they were 35 years old.
They appear in 19 episodes out of a total of 24 aired so far and have accumulated 1618 positive votes.
The character of William 'The Duke' Wellington is mainly associated with Eliza Scarlet, Moses and Arabella Acaster.

William 'The Duke' Wellington

by Stuart Martin

character

Episodes19

  • 7.5
    /10

    Inheritance

    episode S1.E1 january 2021
    When Eliza Scarlett's father dies suddenly, she's faced with a stark choice. Accept the fact she is now penniless or take on and run her dad's detective business, but can she succeed against all the odds in this male-dominated world?
  • 7.6
    /10

    The Woman in Red

    episode S1.E2 january 2021
    Eliza takes a seemingly impossible case: proving the innocence of a man found at a murder scene with a bloodied knife in his hand, who has already pleaded guilty.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Deeds Not Words

    episode S1.E3 january 2021
    Scotland Yard has its eye on potentially disruptive gangs and political groups. Eliza is hired by The Duke to go undercover and infiltrate one such group.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Memento Mori

    episode S1.E4 february 2021
    Eliza is hired by a Death Photographer who is receiving bizarre and threatening messages from beyond the grave, and later makes a surprising discovery about her late father.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Cell 99

    episode S1.E5 february 2021
    The final entry in Henry Scarlet's casebook takes Eliza and Duke to a seemingly abandoned prison on the outskirts of London.
  • 8.1
    /10

    The Case of Henry Scarlet

    episode S1.E6 february 2021
    Eliza pieces the puzzle together to find out what really happened to her father. Moses has lots of criminal connections, which make him a suspect during the investigation, but it could turn out to be someone who has been under Duke's nose.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Pandora's Box

    episode S2.E1 october 2022
    The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but when the case is closed by the police, new tensions are created between Eliza and the Duke.
  • 7.8
    /10

    The Black Witch Moth

    episode S2.E2 october 2022
    A valuable sketch by the late Charles Darwin has been stolen and Eliza is hired by an insurance company to find it, but a twist soon emerges.
  • 7.8
    /10

    A Pauper's Grave

    episode S2.E3 october 2022
    Eliza is forced into hiding when she is the prime suspect in a series of break-ins at city mortuaries. While Duke tries to find other suspects, Eliza turns to Moses for help.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Angel of Inferno

    episode S2.E4 november 2022
    Eliza is hired to solve a case of blackmail in the shady world of Victorian medicine, and finds herself with a new rival-Patrick Nash, the owner of a large private detective agency who wants to hire her or crush her agency.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Quarter to Midnight

    episode S2.E5 november 2022
    A famous mystery writer is at the centre of Eliza's investigation when a series of murders copy scenes in his books. Meanwhile, the Duke is also juggling problems at work with a new superintendent and a troubled young detective.
  • 8.2
    /10

    The Proposal

    episode S2.E6 november 2022
    While Eliza and the Duke struggle around the edges of their relationship, private investigator Nash is shot just as Eliza agrees to work with him. As Eliza and Moses work to solve the attempted murder, they realise Eliza was the target.
  • 7.6
    /10

    The Vanishing

    episode S3.E1 november 2022
    A famous magician does the ultimate disappearing act and vanishes into thin air. All of London is talking about the mystery and Eliza is hired by a newspaper to investigate, despite the fact that Duke is already on the case.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Arabella

    episode S3.E2 november 2022
    Eliza bumps into Arabella Herbert, the girl who made her life a misery growing up. But Arabella seems kind and considerate, everybody loves her. So when Eliza suspects she may be a criminal, no one wants to hear it, least of all Duke.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Hotel St Marc

    episode S3.E3 november 2022
    Eliza is on the trail of a notorious conman and tracks him down to a hotel in a remote part of France. She believes she has finally caught Scotland Yard's most wanted man, but she's not the only hotel guest who wants to claim the reward.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Bloodline

    episode S3.E4 november 2022
    Detective Fitzroy sees one of his colleagues plant evidence on a suspect. With Duke away, Fitzroy turns to Eliza and hires her to look into a case of police corruption.
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Heir

    episode S3.E5 november 2022
    Eliza is on the verge of earning life-changing money finding the heir to an unclaimed fortune. It's a race to claim the money and Eliza will need Duke's help, but a revelation about his personal life makes working together impossible.
  • 8.1
    /10

    The Jewel of the North

    episode S3.E6 november 2022
    The season comes to an explosive climax when Eliza receives a bomb in the morning post. Who sent it and why? Eliza teams up with Duke, Moses and her old enemy Patrick Nash to find out who is behind the deadly delivery
  • 7.7
    /10

    Elysium

    episode S4.E1 january 2024
    Eliza teams up with Duke to investigate a burglary in a high-end brothel whose clients include important members of the British government.

Best moments10

  • 7.9
    /10
    47% of the votes

    Cell 99

    episode S1.E5 february 2021
    The final entry in Henry Scarlet's casebook takes Eliza and Duke to a seemingly abandoned prison on the outskirts of London.
  • 7.7
    /10
    45% of the votes

    Quarter to Midnight

    episode S2.E5 november 2022
    A famous mystery writer is at the centre of Eliza's investigation when a series of murders copy scenes in his books. Meanwhile, the Duke is also juggling problems at work with a new superintendent and a troubled young detective.
  • 8.1
    /10
    24% of the votes

    The Case of Henry Scarlet

    episode S1.E6 february 2021
    Eliza pieces the puzzle together to find out what really happened to her father. Moses has lots of criminal connections, which make him a suspect during the investigation, but it could turn out to be someone who has been under Duke's nose.
  • 8.2
    /10
    23% of the votes

    The Proposal

    episode S2.E6 november 2022
    While Eliza and the Duke struggle around the edges of their relationship, private investigator Nash is shot just as Eliza agrees to work with him. As Eliza and Moses work to solve the attempted murder, they realise Eliza was the target.
  • 7.8
    /10
    21% of the votes

    A Pauper's Grave

    episode S2.E3 october 2022
    Eliza is forced into hiding when she is the prime suspect in a series of break-ins at city mortuaries. While Duke tries to find other suspects, Eliza turns to Moses for help.
  • 7.6
    /10
    16% of the votes

    The Vanishing

    episode S3.E1 november 2022
    A famous magician does the ultimate disappearing act and vanishes into thin air. All of London is talking about the mystery and Eliza is hired by a newspaper to investigate, despite the fact that Duke is already on the case.
  • 7.8
    /10
    12% of the votes

    Memento Mori

    episode S1.E4 february 2021
    Eliza is hired by a Death Photographer who is receiving bizarre and threatening messages from beyond the grave, and later makes a surprising discovery about her late father.
  • 7.7
    /10
    9% of the votes

    Arabella

    episode S3.E2 november 2022
    Eliza bumps into Arabella Herbert, the girl who made her life a misery growing up. But Arabella seems kind and considerate, everybody loves her. So when Eliza suspects she may be a criminal, no one wants to hear it, least of all Duke.
  • 7.8
    /10
    9% of the votes

    The Black Witch Moth

    episode S2.E2 october 2022
    A valuable sketch by the late Charles Darwin has been stolen and Eliza is hired by an insurance company to find it, but a twist soon emerges.
  • 7.7
    /10
    8% of the votes

    Angel of Inferno

    episode S2.E4 november 2022
    Eliza is hired to solve a case of blackmail in the shady world of Victorian medicine, and finds herself with a new rival-Patrick Nash, the owner of a large private detective agency who wants to hire her or crush her agency.

Votes per episode

75
E1
59
E2
76
E3
108
E4
430
E5
240
E6
38
E1
40
E2
94
E3
33
E4
186
E5
109
E6
54
E1
32
E2
2
E3
5
E4
8
E5
29
E6
0
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