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COLLINGWOOD, CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, BARON (1750-,8,o), British naval commander, was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 26th of September 1750.
On the death of Nelson, Collingwood assumed the supreme command; and by his skill and judgment greatly contributed to the preserva- Lion of the British ships, as well as of those which were captured from the enemy.
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood of Coldburne and Heathpool, and received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, with a pension of £2000 per annum.
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  COLLINGWOOD - LoveToKnow Article on COLLINGWOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
As captain of the Barfleur, Collingwood was present at the naval engagement which was fought on the 1st of June 1794; and on that occasion he displayed equal judgment and courage.
In the beginning of 1799 Collingwood was raised to the rank of vice-admiral, and hoisting his flag in the Triumph, he joined the Channel Fleet, with which he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where the principal naval forces of France and Spain were assembled.
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood of Coldburne and Heathpool, and received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, with a pension of 2000 per annum.
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 Collingwood, Victoria at AllExperts
Collingwood is one of the oldest suburbs in Melbourne and is bordered by Smith St, Alexandra Parade, Hoddle St. and Victoria Parade.
Collingwood was declared a municipality separate from the City of Melbourne on 24 April 1855, the first to follow the state's major population centres of Melbourne and Geelong.
Collingwood's early development was directly impacted by the boom in Melbourne's population and economy during the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s and 1860s.
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 Lord Collingwood : Famous : Biography : Information
At the beginning of 1799 Collingwood was raised to the rank of vice-admiral, and hoisting his flag in the Triumph, he joined the Channel Fleet, with which he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where the principal naval forces of France and Spain were assembled.
Collingwood continued to be actively employed in blockading the enemy, until the peace of Amiens allowed him to return to England.
Collingwood was raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood of Coldburne and Heathpool, and received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, with a pension of £2000 per annum.
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 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1750 - 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Horatio Nelson in several of the great victories of the Napoleonic Wars.
In 1786 Collingwood returned to England, where, with the exception of a voyage to the West Indies, he remained until 1793, in which year he was appointed captain of Prince, the flagship of Rear Admiral Bowyer.
Collingwood continued actively employed in watching the enemy, until the peace of Amiens restored him once more to the bosom of his family.
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 Famous Geordie People - Admiral Lord Collingwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cuthbert Collingwood was born on the 24th October 1748 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
In 1799 Collingwood became rear admiral, and he was at sea in the Triumph and other ships until the peace of Amiens in 1802.
On Nelson's death in the battle, command passed to Collingwood, and he had the difficult task of conserving the fleet and its prizes during the storm that followed.
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 Collingwood, Cuthbert, first baron Collingwood (1750-1810)
While not as famous as his friend Horatio Nelson, Collingwood was present at three major fleet battles, was second in command at the battle of Trafalgar, and served as commander in chief in the Mediterranean from 1805 until his death in 1810.
Collingwood was on active duty almost continuously from 1793 until his death in 1810, with a short break during the Peace of Amiens.
Collingwood was serving as the flag captain for Admiral Bowyer on HMS Barfleur.
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 Lord Collingwood Portrait Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Collingwood was sent to sea at the age of 12 and served for several years on the home station.
On the renewal of war in 1803, Collingwood was at once employed, chiefly in blockading Brest.
For his services he was created Baron Collingwood and granted a pension of Stg 2,000 a year.
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 Admiral Lord Collingwood looks out to sea
Collingwood of humble Northumbrian origin rose to the highest rank in the Royal Navy, and won almost every honour which a grateful country could bestow upon him.
Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle on October 24th 1748 into an old Northumbrian family, living in rather reduced circumstances as a result of the Civil war of the 17th century.
Collingwood died on board the Ville-De-Paris March 7, 1810 and was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral where a monument to his memory was erected.
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 Collingwood Resorts
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1750 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Horatio Nelson in several of the great victories of the Napoleonic Wars.
After commanding in another small frigate, Collingwood was promoted to 64 gun battleship ''Sampson'', and in 1783 he was appointed to ''Mediator'', destined for the West Indies, where, with Nelson, who had a command on that station, he remained till the end of 1786.
Collingwood was incorporated as a Town in 1858, nine years before Confederation and was named after Admiral Collingwood, Lord Nelson’s second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar.
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 BARON CUTHBERT COLLING... - Online Information article about BARON CUTHBERT COLLING...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Collingwood, less brilliant certainly, but not less steady in its lustre.
action!" Probably it was at the same instant that Collingwood, as if in response to the observation of his great commander, remarked to his captain, " What would Nelson give to be here?" The consummate valour and skill evinced by Collingwood had a powerful moral influence upon both fleets.
Baron Collingwood of Coldburne and Heathpool, and received the thanks of both Houses of See also:
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 Admiral Lord Collingwood - led the fleet to victory at Trafalgar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cuthbert Collingwood was born at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1748.
Collingwood's first command was the Hinchinbrooke, to which he was appointed in 1780, at the time when his good friend, Horatio Nelson was promoted to another ship in the West Indies.
Collingwood fought in nearly all of the big naval actions in the wars with France and Spain, including Bunker Hill (1775), the Glorious First of June (1794), Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Trafalgar (1805).
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 Collingwood - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Collingwood
Collingwood is a popular ski resort, is an important port, and has a strong shipbuilding industry.
Once the territory of the Tionantati (Tobacco Nation), the area was settled by whites in the 1830s, when the town of Hurontario Mills was established just east of the present site.
As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and popped it in; so deal with your compliments through life.
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 BBC Inside Out - Collingwood
Cuthbert Collingwood was born on October 24, 1748 in Newcastle.
Cuthbert Collingwood was born and bred on the banks of the river Tyne.
By 1772, Collingwood was an experienced seaman, and he was sent to Jamaica where he met another midshipman by the name of Horatio Nelson.
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 Encyclopedia: Battle of Trafalgar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Battle of the Chesapeake was a crucial naval battle in the American Revolutionary War which occurred near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on September 5, 1781 between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral Comte de Grasse.
The leeward column was led by the 100-gun Royal Sovereign, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood.
Collingwood altered the course of his column slightly so that the two lines converged at the line of attack.
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 Print Article: Good old Collingwood whoever and wherever
Is it the English naval hero Cuthbert Collingwood, second in command to Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar?
People such as Robin George Collingwood, main man at the Collingwood Centre, at Cardiff University in Wales, dedicated to promoting research into the life and work of the late scholar - author of such learned works as The Archaeology of Roman Britain (1930) and The Idea of History (1946).
Enter Cuthbert Collingwood, who was Captain Collingwood centuries before Nathan Buckley pulled on his boots, and later, thanks to his heroics, Admiral and then Baron Collingwood.
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Her mother, Winifred Collingwood, had belonged to another branch of the Northumberland family which owned a common ancestor with that of the afterwards famous Admiral, [1] and this tie had been strengthened rather than diminished throughout the passing of generations by the propinquity of the two branches.
When she heard from Lord Collingwood first he wrote in the greatest grief for his friend, and said the fleet was in a miserable state.
From Mrs Stanhope's Uncle, Edward Collingwood, in Northumberland, there was subsequently forwarded to her a letter written by Collingwood in the first glory of victory and the first bitterness of his grief for Nelson's death.
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 Collingwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Collingwood, a town in the South Island of New Zealand
Collingwood College, at the University of Durham, England
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, an Admiral of the Royal Navy
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 icNewcastle - Forgotten North man was real hero of Trafalgar
Collingwood's boss, Horatio Nelson, received the lion's share of the acclaim for the victory at the time and has ever since, but according to a new TV show, Trafalgar's Forgotten Hero, it was Collingwood who won the day.
It was actually Collingwood who secured Nelson's place in the history books by going against tradition and writing to King George II to inform him of his boss's death, reveals Mr Griffin.
Collingwood was born in Newcastle on October 24, 1748, and was educated at the city's Royal Grammar School.
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 Chief Justice Collingwood in directory.co.uk
Collingwood, from Africa, freighted with slaves for Jamaica, in....
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and J. White, solicitor, and with the...
Collingwood, the father, but there was no need to present...
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 Insurance Broker - Collingwood Richardson & Co. Ltd
Collingwood Richardson & Company Limited was founded in 1984 by Donald Richardson after spending some thirty years working for insurance companies and national brokers.
Collingwood Richardson & Company Limited is a member of BIBA (the British Insurance Brokers Association) and a founding member of the GISC (General Insurance Standards Council).
Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Admiral of the Red (1750-1810).
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 Newcastle University Library - Special Collections - Exhibitions - Maritime Heritage in the North East
After Trafalgar, Collingwood was raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood of Coldburne and Heathpool in Northumberland.
He was also awarded a pension of £2,000 a year and in the event of his death, of £1,000 to Lady Collingwood.
It was Collingwood's experience, bravery and determination that ensured the British Isles were saved from invasion.
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 Encyclopedia: Collingwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Collingwood, a town in the South Island of New Zealand
Collingwood College, at the University of Durham, England
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, an Admiral of the Royal Navy
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 List of Baronies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Barony is held by the Marquess of Winchester
Also Baron Alington of Killard in the Peerage of Ireland.
Also Baron Carrington in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Carington of Upton for Life in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 Askaroo : Collingwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre - Research and study focused on the corpus of the British Idealists' writings, including the searchable RG Collingwood Archives.
William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) - A brief biography of the writer, artist and historian W.G. Collingwood (1854-1932), and his connections with the Lake District in Cumbria.
Collingwood, Elizabeth - A tribute to the authors Mum who suffered a massive brain haemorrhage around 10.30pm on Sunday the 11th March 2001.
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 Sailing Navies: Cuthbert Collingwood
Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1748 and died on Ville de Paris on 7 Mar 1810.
His head was small, with a pale, smooth round face, the features of which would pass without notice, were it not for the eyes, which were blue, clear, and penetrating; and the mouth, the lips of which were thin and compressed, indicating firmness and decision of character.
He wore his hair powdered, and tied in a queue, in the style of officers of his age at that time; and his clothes were squared and fashioned after the strictest rules of the good old sea school.
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 Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805. Correspondence with Lady Emma Hamilton and others: Guide.
Petition to the House of Commons for a hearing on the authenticity of Horatio Nelson's dress sword, sold by Evans and deposited in the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
(181) 1 portrait of Sir Edward Berry; 1 portrait of Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st baron Collingwood; 1 portrait of Adam Duncan, viscount Duncan; 1 portrait of Sir William Hamilton; 1 portrait of Hilare, countess Nelson, duchess of Bronte; 1 portrait of William IV, king of Great Britain.
(183) 13 engravings Nelson's death, funeral and monument; 1 portrait of Cuthbert Collingwood; 1 portrait of Emma, lady Hamilton; 1 portrait of Sir William Sidney Smith.
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 News - Morpeth Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
After his famous victory, Collingwood received a pension of £2,000 per annum and was made Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in Northumberland.
She suggested the creation of Collingwood Walk, an avenue of 12 oak trees planted along the bank of the River Wansbeck from Oldgate Bridge by children from Morpeth schools along with representatives of HMS Collingwood and HMS Northumberland.
"Collingwood is said to have planted acorns at every opportunity, hoping they would grow into fine oaks to provide the timber the Navy needed to build its ships hence the emphasis on oak.
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