Iron Duke

Iron Duke may refer to:

People:

• Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582), a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), a British soldier and statesman
• Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), a Brazilian army officer and politician
• William Mark Duke (1879–1971), an Archbishop of Vancouver
• John F. Thompson (1920–1965), a U.S. politician
• Irvin Khoza (born 1948), a South African football administrator

Artistic works:

• The Iron Duke (film), 1934 film starring George Arliss about the First Duke of Wellington
• The Iron Duke (novel), a pulp fiction, pre-WWII adventure story written by L. Ron Hubbard

Ship names:

• HMS Iron Duke, a British Royal Navy shipname
• HMS Iron Duke (1870), a battleship sold for scrap in 1906
• HMS Iron Duke (1912), the fleet flagship at the Battle of Jutland
• HMS Iron Duke (F234), a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991

Locomotive names:

• GWR Iron Duke Class, a class of locomotive built by the Great Western Railway in England
• Iron Duke, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built in 1892

Miscellaneous:

• Duke Blue Devils football, especially during their 1938 undefeated season
• Iron Duke engine, a 2.5 L I4 piston engine made by General Motors
• Iron Duke, South Australia, an iron ore mining settlement near Whyalla
• The Iron Dukes, the name the 2nd Battalion 37th Armored Regiment

See also

• Iron Baron (disambiguation)
• Iron Lady (disambiguation)