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is contempt was
Admiral Sir Sydney Smiththe so-called or self-proclaimed hero of
Acrewho had prevented the Turks from taking this valuable port
and had dined out on it ever since. His windiness on the subject
led to his attracting the nickname of “Long Acre” after a district
of Central London. The admiralty secretaryCrokerwarned Wel-
lington about Smith in 1814: “An old naval friend told me: ‘Beware
of heroes—the more you come to know themthe less you will
think of them.’” Smith was a loose cannon during the Congress of
Viennaand for a time attached himself to Wellington. But the duke
soon got rid of him: “Talks too much.”
The scale on which military heroes have been rewarded has
declined. In Englandthe nation gave the Duke of Marlborough
victor in four major battles against Louis XIVBlenheim Palacestill
the most princely house in the country. Wellington declined any-
thing on that scalebut was provided with the fine estate of Strat-
field Saye in Hampshire. Even Field Marshal Haigdubious hero
of the western front in the First World Warwas given ￡100000
by Parliament. By contrastField Marshal Sir Alan Brookechief
of staff under Churchill for most of the Second World Wargot a
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