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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 ...
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.Launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797, the assault was defeated, and on 25 July the remains of the landing party withdrew under a truce, having lost several hundred men.
The first civic monument to be erected in Nelson's honour was the Nelson Monument, a 44-metre high obelisk on Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1806. Also in Scotland, the foundation stone for Nelson's Tower at Forres in Moray was laid in 1806 and it was completed in 1812; [ 34 ] while the Nelson Monument stands on top of Calton Hill ...
Monuments and memorials to Horatio Nelson (14 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Horatio Nelson" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
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English: Coat of arms of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson ink on vellum Finely illuminated and heightened in gilt, subscribed with Nelson's titles and honours, one vellum membrane (435 x 375mm), signed and dated by George Nayler as Blane Coursier Herald and Genealogist of the Order of the Bath College of Arms, 16 March 1804
Portrait of Horatio Nelson is a 1781 portrait painting by the Italian-born English artist John Francis Rigaud depicting the British sailor Horatio Nelson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Later a celebrated admiral , known for his victories at the Battle of the Nile and Battle of Trafalgar , Nelson was at this time a young Captain in the Royal Navy .