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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 ...
Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet: 1730 1806 Promoted Admiral, June 1795. 1 June 1795: Sir Thomas Rich, 5th Baronet: c.1733 1803 1801: Sylverius Moriarty: 1735 1809 Latterly the regulating captain at Cork. 23 April 1804: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson: 1758 1805 Killed in action, Battle of Trafalgar. 4 June 1814: Sir William Hargood, GCH KCB ...
Military officers have been appointed to this rank since 1815, civilians from 1847. ... 1st Viscount Bateman; ... Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson;
To be included in this category a sailor must have commanded a squadron or a fleet large enough to contain one or more squadrons of Royal Navy war ships, or be of the rank of admiral. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
During his first year on the throne, King Charles had 571 engagements across 79 regions and all four nations of the U.K., two state visits, over 1,000 honors awarded for service and achievement ...
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).
The first state barge carried the standard and guidon supported by naval officers and heralds, while the second carried Nelson's banner and great banner and heraldic emblems. Following the funeral barge was the fourth state barge, which carried the chief mourner, Admiral Parker, together with the six assistant mourners, all senior naval officers.