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 Lord Horatio Nelson @ Famous.y2u.co.uk
Nelson felt through his life that his accomplishments were not fully rewarded by the British government, a fact he ascribed to his more humble birth and lack of political connections when compared to Sir John Jervis, or The Duke of Wellington).
However, the 1801 Barony of Nelson ("of the Nile and of Hilborough in the County of Norfolk") passed by a special remainder to Lord Nelson's brother, The Revd William Nelson.
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).
www.famous.y2u.co.uk /F_Horatio_Nelson.htm   (2936 words)

  
 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'.
Most military historians believe Nelson's ability to inspire officers of the highest rank and seamen of the lowest was central to his many victories, as was his unequaled ability to both strategically plan his campaigns and tactically shift his forces in the midst of battle.
www.solarnavigator.net /history/horatio_nelson.htm   (3048 words)

  
 Nelson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1784, Nelson was given command of the 28-gun frigate Boreas, and assigned to enforce the Navigation Act in the vicinity of Antigua.
Nelson felt throughout his life that his accomplishments were not fully rewarded by the British government, a fact he ascribed to his more humble birth and lack of political connections when compared to Sir John Jervis, or The Duke of Wellington).
Nelson's Pillar, a monument to Nelson in Dublin was destroyed by an bomb planted by former IRA men in 1966.
www.onaccommodation.co.uk /nelson_info.htm   (3717 words)

  
 Nelson.y2u.co.uk - Lord Nelson - Autobiography
In addition, he was Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Hillborough in the County of Norfolk, Duke of
to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Nelson.
For the spectacular victory of the Nile, Nelson was granted the title of Baron Nelson (Nelson felt cheated that he was not awarded a greater title;
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 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Enpsychlopedia
By 1777 Nelson had risen to the rank of lieutenant, and was assigned to the West Indies, during which time he saw action on the British side of the American Revolutionary War.
Nelson was promoted to Vice Admiral of the White (the sixth highest rank) while he was still at sea, on 23 April 1804.
Nelson appears, unnamed but recognizable, in Susan Sontag's novel The Volcano Lover: A Romance, which centers on Lady Emma Hamilton's affair with him.
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Horatio_Nelson   (4340 words)

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