Although young William Pitt successfully merged Ireland into the territory of the Kingdom of Great Britain, his envisioned Catholic Emancipation was met with too much resistance and could not be implemented during his tenure.
The one who ultimately pushed for the Catholic Emancipation Act was none other than the Duke of Wellington, who faced great scandal over the matter.
Although the Duke of Wellington might not have been very supportive of the act himself, he approached it more from the perspective of a commander. From a realist standpoint, he believed that the issue of Catholic emancipation had profoundly threatened the stability and prosperity of Britain. Thus, he risked infamy and disgrace to forcefully push through this resolution, compelling Parliament and the King.
