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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
England's Pride and Glory, an 1894 painting by Thomas Davidson.A young naval cadet is shown Lemuel Francis Abbott's portrait of Nelson to inspire him.. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was one of the leading British flag officers in the Royal Navy of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, responsible for several ...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was given a state funeral in London on 9 January 1806. It was the first to be held at St Paul's Cathedral and was the grandest of any non-royal person to that date.
An antique photograph of a portrait of Horatia Ward (née Nelson) from the Style/Ward Family collection. Horatia Nelson, christened as Horatia Nelson Thompson [1] (29 January 1801 – 6 March 1881), was the illegitimate daughter of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.
It was created on 20 November 1805 for the Rev. William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson, one month after the death of his younger brother Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, the famous naval hero of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the Battle of Trafalgar of 21 October 1805 (during which he was killed in action).
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories.
The Nelson Monument on Glasgow Green was erected 1806–1807, [1] [2] and described as the first civic monument in the UK to Nelson's victories including Trafalgar. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A number of monuments and memorials were constructed across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to honour his memory.
State funeral of Horatio Nelson; Nelson (cricket) Nelson (1918 film) Nelson (1926 film) Nelson Chequer; Nelson Mass; Edmund Nelson (priest) Frances Nelson; Horatia Nelson; William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson; Nelson's band of brothers; Nelson's Dockyard; Nicholas Harris Nicolas; Battle of the Nile; Norfolk Nelson Museum