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  Horatio Nelson Young Biography
Horatio Nelson Young (July 19, 1845, Calais, Maine - July 3, 1913) was an American Medal of Honor winner.
In rough waters, and under heavy enemy fire trying to stop him, Horatio Young made several attempts until he succeeded in passing in a small boat from his ship to the USS Nahant with a line wrapped on a hawser that would enable the Lehigh to be freed from her position.
Horatio Young died in 1913 and was interred in the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada surrounded by other Canadian and American honored war dead.
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  Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HORATIO NELSON NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805), duke of Bronte in Sicily, British naval hero, was born at the parsonage house of Burnham Thorpe, in Norfolk, on the 29th of September 1758.
Horatio, who had received a summary, and broken, education at Norwich, Downham and North Walsham, was entered on the " Raisonable " when Captain Suckling was appointed to her in 1770 on an alarm of war with Spain.
Nelson was not in command on the spot, and if he had been would in all probability have renewed his experience at Santa Cruz.
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 Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe[?], Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling Nelson.
Nelson was one of those hit: a bullet entered his shoulder, pierced his lung, and came to rest at the base of his spine.
Nelson was noted for his considerable ability to inspire and bring out the best in his men, to the point that it gained a name: "The Nelson Touch".
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 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson at AllExperts
Horatio Nelson was born on 29 September 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, the sixth of eleven children of The Revd Edmund Nelson and Catherine Nelson.
Nelson and Fanny were married on 11 March 1787 at the end of his tour of duty in the Caribbean.
Nelson's Pillar, a monument to Nelson in Dublin was destroyed by a bomb planted by former IRA men in 1966.
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 HoratioNelson
Nelson took his position seriously and was worried that the island was not strong enough to defend itself against a well-organised attack.
Nelson himself fell ill with fever and on his return to Port Royal, he was carried ashore on a cot and taken to the house of a Cubah Cornwallis, a free-coloured woman known to have saved the lives of numerous British sailors.
Nelson returned to England and in 1781 was given command of the Albermarle and charged with escorting the young Prince William Henry (who later became King William IV) to the West Indies.
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 Nelson, Horatio, Admiral, (1759-1805)
Nelson was amongst the sufferers, and was forced to return to England to recover.
Nelson was in command of an expedition to recapture the island – indeed, he appears to have largely responsible for every aspect of the campaign.
Nelson was the victim of seemingly endless lawsuits as a result of his attempts to carry out his orders, and soon came to hate the area.
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 LeMill — Admiral Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758, in the county of Norfolk.
His mother died on Boxing Day in 1767, when young Horatio was only nine years old.When the Falklands Crisis of 1770 arose, young Horatio saw this as an opportunity and asked his older brother William to write a letter to their father asking him to have their uncle Maurice Suckling take him to sea.
Nelson, knowing that this was no time to escape, put his blind eye to good use by putting his telescope to it and saying, "I really don't see the signal." Continuing the fight, he crushed the Danish fleet.
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 Commodore Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in 1758 - the same year in which the government made the decision to place an order for the construction of a new first rate ship of the line, the Victory - and was destined to become one of the most famous military commanders in history.
Nelson's mother died when he was nine and the large family was then raised by his father, the Rev. Edmund Nelson.
The young Nelson was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Norwich and at Sir William Paston's School, North Walsham before entering the Navy as a midshipman at age 12.
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 Bambooweb: Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander.
Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling Nelson.
Nelson was one of those hit: a bullet entered his shoulder, pierced his lung, and came to rest at the base of his spine.
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 Wikinfo | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling Nelson.
Nelson was one of those hit: a bullet entered his shoulder, pierced his lung, and came to rest at the base of his spine.
Nelson is included in the top 10 of the 100 Greatest Britons poll sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public.
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 Comprehensive information and links about Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Nelson.
Nelson's Pillar, a monument to Nelson in Dublin was destroyed by an bomb planted by former IRA men in 1966.
Nelson did, in fact, say this to Hardy a short time before his death, but they were not his last words, and Hardy was not present at his death (having been called back on deck).
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 Bronte Insieme/History - Horatio Nelson
Nelson smothered with bloodshed the Neapolitan Republic (saving the life and the throne to the King) and freed the Bourbon monarchy from a very uncomfortable opponent, the Caracciolo, hero of the Neapolitan revolution, hanging him after a summary trial on his ship.
Horatio Nelson made restructure the ancient abbey and change in a sumptuous gentlemanly residence (the Dukedom) that was permanently occupied by the English heirs of the Duke Of Bronte and his managers until few decades ago.
The young duke Alexander, his mother and the Duke Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson-Hood pose with the employees in the Castle’ Court, in front of the Cross dedicated to their ancestor.
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 Horatio Nelson - Conservapedia
Horatio Nelson was the sixth of eleven children born to Edmund and Catherine Nelson.
By 1777, Nelson was a lieutenant, and had sailed for the West Indies to conduct operations against the Americans during the Revolution.
Nelson returned with his bride to England and found himself without a ship’s appointment and on half pay, which continued for the next five years, possibly the result of prejudice related to his enforcement of the Navigation Act].
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 Nevis Historical & Conservation Society - Home Page
Horatio Nelson was born in England on September 29, 1758, along the Norfolk shore at Burnham Thorpe.
Assigned to English Harbour in Antigua, Nelson soon established himself as a force to be reckoned with when it came to illegal trading between the English colonies in the Caribbean and traders from the United States.
Nelson was quite taken by her refinement and resourcefulness in operating a large house.
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 Horatio Nelson
Appointed second in command of a fleet being sent to the Baltic, Nelson was in effective command of the fighting at the battle of Copenhagen (1801), where he gained another dramatic victory, this time fighting against a fleet moored within its own defences.
Nelson was given command of the Mediterranean fleet, with orders to stop the Toulon fleet from escaping.
Nelson was placed in command of the blockading fleet.
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 Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in Norfolk in the parish of Burnham Thorpe.
Young Nelson entered the navy as a midshipman at the age of 12.
Nelson chased it to the West Indies and back, laid siege to it and the allied Spanish fleet in the harbor of Cadiz, and finally brought them both to bay off Cape Trafalgar on Oct.
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Captain Horatio Nelson is a schoolboy hero, an inspirational leader loved for his fighting spirit and his willingness to fight shoulder to shoulder with his men.
From the evidence of the bones Horatio Nelson was a violent disciplinarian, frequently flogging his own men within inches of their lives.
Nelson fell in love with Lady Hamilton, the Hollywood version of their love affair was the subject of the Academy Award-winning, 1941 United Artists film That Hamilton Woman, starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
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 Article - Life - Lloyds   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The facts were that this was the period of the Napoleonic wars, and its greatest British hero was Lord Nelson.
Young Nelson goes to sea, young Blake to Lloyds.
He is nearly ruined in the attempt, but, in the end, is happy with his sweetheart and the glorious news of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar.
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 Admiral Lord Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758, to Catherine (Suckling) Nelson, the wife of Edmund Nelson, rector of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk.
Horatio's introduction to the Navy was singularly unpromising, for when he arrived at Chatham he was unable to find his ship and no one would direct him to it.
Nelson, knowing that this was no time to flee, put his blind eye to good use by putting his telescope to it and saying, "I really don't see the signal." Sticking out the fight, he crushed the Danish fleet.
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 Horatio Nelson Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Horatio Nelson was born at Burnham Thorpe on Sept. 29, 1758.
Nelson then returned to Naples, which, having declared war on Napoleon, had been overcome by French troops and fifth columnists while Nelson was at Leghorn.
Nelson, in spite of advice, insisted upon wearing his full uniform into battle, and at the height of the encounter he was badly wounded by a musket shot from the fighting top of the French ship Redoubtable, which his flagship Victory had fouled.
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 The Life of Nelson, by Robert Southey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Young as he was, Nelson was appointed to command one of the boats which were sent out to explore a passage into the open water.
Nelson was fortunate in possessing good interest at the time when it could be most serviceable to him: his promotion had been almost as rapid as it could be; and before he had attained the age of twenty-one he had gained that rank which brought all the honours of the service within his reach.
Nelson; and after they had made her repeatedly declare that she was really and truly the captain's wife, presented her with a writ, or notification, on the part of the American captains, who now laid their damages at L20,000, and they charged her to give it to her husband on his return.
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 Viscount Nelson : Naval Leaders : History : Royal Navy
Horatio Nelson is generally regarded as the greatest officer in the history of the Royal Navy.
Nelson was only second in command of the fleet sent against Denmark in 1801, but after famously turning his blinded eye to the telescope ordering him to retreat, carried the assault on Copenhagen to a successful conclusion.
Nelson's genius was to recognise that at this time both the French and Spanish Navies were greatly inferior to the British in professional skills such as gunnery and ship handling and that risks could be taken to win crushing victories.
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 Lord Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758 at Burham Thorpe, Norfolk England, the son of Reverend Edmund Nelson, Rector of Burnham Thorpe and Catherine Nelson.
Right before it began Nelson sent a signal to his fleet saying, “England expects every man will do his duty.” That battle was a major sea battle during the Napoleonic Wars.
Horatio Nelson was criticized by many for the same things and characteristics that made him Britain’s greatest hero in naval history.
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 Bibliography: Horatio Nelson
Beatty, William: Authentic narrative of the death of Lord Nelson: with the circumstances preeceding, attending, and subsequent to, that event; the professional report of his lordship's wound; and several interesting anecdotes.
A description of the Nelson relics and a transcript of the autograph letters and documents of Nelson and his circle and of other Naval papers of Nelson's period.
Nelson, Horatio: The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton : with a supplement of interesting letters by distinguished characters.
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 Biography of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson - biography, autobiography & memoir resources
Born into a family that was educated, but of the lower-middle class, the young Horatio was taken under the wing of his uncle, Captain Maurince Suckling, the comptroller of the British Royal Navy.
By the end of the 1770s, Horatio Nelson had obtained the status of lieutenant and was given an operation to sale to the West Indies once more.
Admiral Horatio Nelson sailed to Naples for backup supplies and men, and thereafter met Emma Hamilton with whom he would start a love affair.
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The Nelson commemorated throughout the Caribbean, however, is younger, a little newer to the world, and if a bit less impressive, certainly more intimate.
It was in the Caribbean, on the island of Nevis, that Nelson met and married Fanny Nisbet, and the island still bears traces of the young captain's presence.
Nelson's legacy is visible there as well, in the fine restored Georgian dockyard that now bears his name.
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 Amazon.com: The Pursuit of Victory: The Life And Achievement of Horatio Nelson: Books: Roger Knight   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But Nelson was a man of his time, fawning over royalty, pursuing prize money, quick to defend slights to his rank and obsessively scheming for publicity and promotion.
However Nelson was successful in that he used the latest technology such as the improved iron cannon and the carronade to close with enemy vessals and consulted with his captians over a course of action before every battle.
Noted Nelson scholar Roger Knight has written an elegant biography of Great Britain's greatest fighting admiral, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, which was published shortly after the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar; both Nelson's greatest victory and the scene of his tragic, yet heroic, death.
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 LORD HORATIO NELSON 1758 TO 1805 ADMIRAL OF THE BRITISH FLEET - BATTLE OF CAPE TRAFALGAR
Lord Nelson was born in the village of Burnham Thorpe on 29th September 1758 where his father Edmund was the vicar and also rector of the nearby village of Burnham Market.
Nelson won an annihilating victory, the battle beginning with the hoisting of the most famous signal in British naval history: "England expects every man to do his duty." In his hour of triumph Nelson fell to a bullet fired by a marksman in the fighting top of the French ship 'Redoutable'.
Nelson expressed a wish to be laid to rest with his family in the local cemetery but after his death at the battle of Trafalgar on 21
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 Tony Perrottet
Nelson’s Dockyard is actually the centerpiece of a national park that stretches around English Harbor which, as the major British stronghold in the Caribbean, was protected in the 1700s like Fort Knox.
So, after tugging my forelock beneath a wooden bust of Horatio Nelson which presides like a shrine over the museum, I followed the water’s edge to the strategic promontory of Fort Berkeley, where rusted cannons still threatened the shimmering blue horizon as if it still might hide Napoleon’s navies.
All the rough cavorting hadn’t eased his loneliness: In his last months in the Caribbean, Nelson had fallen for a rosy-cheeked young expat, Fanny Nesbit, marrying her on the island of Nevis.
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