Leadership of the Order of the Phoenix

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 165296

Indubitably this topic has been discussed before, but with the 
impending arrival of Deathly Hallows now may be a good time to 
revisit it.

Pondering as I have over recent weeks the various alternative 
meanings of names and sources of the same I propose that Arthur 
Weasley himnself will emerge as the leader of the Order and play a 
significant role in distracting Voldemort from Harry's Horcrux quest. 
What led me to this was a connection made with our Arthur's name and 
the Iron Duke (which nickname incidentally only appears to have been 
given him because he had metal shutters on his hiome to keep away 
intruders).

The Duke of Wellington, or Arthur Wesley as he was born, only 
changing later to Wellesley when the entire family did, has some 
interesting parallels with our Arthur. Both started at humble 
positions and rose (in our Arthur's case not fast) through the ranks 
to positions of authority. This may be why some thought our Arthur 
may one day become the Minister of Magic, whereas his true destiny 
lay elsewhere.

The name similarlity is particularly interesting and was the first 
indicator to me that there may be somehting in this. The Iron Duke 
was the third son in his family and it may well be that our Arthur 
turns out to be the third son in his.

Arthur has great enthusiasm and little fear of LV, which will be an 
asset for leadership.

This is all I will write for now, but any who care to I would be 
pleased to discuss with here. Do I really need to go into who the 
Duke of Wellington was and what he achieved?

Goddlefrood