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* 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
The Duchess of Bronte, Frances Nisbet ( 1761 − 1831 ), is best known as the wife of British hero 1st Viscount Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, of Battle of Trafalgar fame.
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Horatio Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson commanded the British fleet for much of this time, and made himself unpopular with local merchants by enforcing the Navigation Act, a British ruling that only British-registered ships could trade with British colonies.
Rear Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson decided on a total blockade, and in 1800 the French garrison surrendered.
Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Lord Nelson in National Heroes Square which predates the more famous Nelson's Column by some 27 years.
There are many parallels between Hornblower and real naval officers of the period, notably Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and also Sir George Cockburn, Lord Cochrane, Sir James Gordon, Sir William Hoste and many others.
* The brig HMS Badger, was the future Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's first command as a young lieutenant.
On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces of Major General Horatio Gates about 10 km ( five miles ) north of Camden, South Carolina, strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston.
It also houses many other national antiques and books held in the famous ' long room ', including a diary of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
* Sir William Hamilton ( British ambassador to Naples ), his wife Emma Hamilton, and her lover, the naval hero Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, from 1799 until Nelson's death in 1805.
" Boer Wars veteran General Lord Rufus D ' Ascoyne falls victim to an explosive gift of caviar, while Louis ' quandary as to how to reach Admiral Lord Horatio D ' Ascoyne is solved when he insists on going down with his ship after causing a collision.
* Lady Henrietta Somerset, who was married twice, to Henry Horatio O ' Brien, Lord Ibrackan, with whom she had one son, the 8th Earl of Thomond, and three daughters, and to Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk as his second wife
Menai Strait west of Britannia Bridge showing the memorial to Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson | Nelson
A replica of Lord Horatio Nelson's quote, " Duty is the great business of a sea officer: All private considerations must give way to it however painful it is.
Harrington bears a striking professional resemblance to both the real-life British naval officers Admiral Lord Nelson and Captain Thomas Cochrane, as well as the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, including both escaping a captivity in dramatic fashion, being sentenced to death and losing lifelong sidekick characters.
For the United Kingdom, His Excellency Lord Milner, High Commissioner and Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who signed the treaty as " Kitchener of Khartoum ".
Forester, and its main character on Admiral Lord Nelson ( like Horatio Hornblower ).
The marriage was unhappy and the Duke and Duchess were divorced in 1850, after a considerable scandal in which the Duchess eloped with Horatio Walpole, Lord Walpole, and had an illegitimate child by him.
After Lord Cornwallis took command of the southern Crown forces, the Legion participated in his defeat of General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden, nearly caught Thomas Sumter at Fishing Creek, were hit by a surprise attack at Wahab's Plantation, and pinned a rebel force at Charlotte, North Carolina, until the remainder of the British force could come up.
Spencer Horatio Walpole, QC, LLD ( 11 September 1806 – 22 May 1898 ) was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby.

Lord and ;
Lady Greville, daughter of the late Lord Chancellor Bromley and niece of Sir John Fortescue, was offered twenty pounds by the townsmen to make peace ; ;
To be the Savior and the Lord, Jesus Christ has to be a historical individual with a biography all his own ; ;
`` The Lord is my light and my salvation ; ;
The Lord is the strength of my life ; ;
In Psalm 27: 1 you read those beautiful words which you must have in your heart if you are to master the fears that surround you, or to drive them out if they have you in their grip: `` The Lord is my light and my salvation ; ;
The Lord is the strength of my life ; ;
He must learn to say with true faith what the psalmist said in a similar world: `` The Lord is my light and my salvation ; ;
The Lord is the strength of my life ; ;
Out of curiosity the men of Beth-shemesh gazed at the Ark ; and as a punishment, seventy of them ( fifty thousand seventy in some ms .) were smitten by the Lord ( 1 Sam.
When the priests emerged from the holy place after placing the Ark there, the Temple was filled with a cloud, " for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord " ( 1 Kings 8: 10-11 ; 2 Chron.
The Lord Jesus Christ gave His Spirit to His Apostles ; they in turn laid their hands on those who should succeed them ; and these again on others ; and so the sacred gift has been handed down to our present bishops, who have appointed us as their assistants, and in some sense representatives.
The 1937 British Methodist Conference located the " true continuity " with the Church of past ages in " the continuity of Christian experience, the fellowship in the gift of the one Spirit ; in the continuity in the allegiance to one Lord, the continued proclamation of the message ; the continued acceptance of the mission ;..." a long chain which goes back to the " the first disciples in the company of the Lord Himself ...

Lord and Nelson's
Another memorial, the Nile Clumps near Amesbury, are stands of beech trees purportedly planted by Lord Queensbury at the bequest of Lady Hamilton and Thomas Hardy after Nelson's death.
Napoleon's plans to invade Britain failed due to the inferiority of his navy, and in 1805, Lord Nelson's fleet decisively defeated the French and Spanish at Trafalgar, which was the last significant naval action of the Napoleonic Wars.
Recognised for his abilities, Buchan was appointed as the Director of Information in 1917, under the Lord Beaverbrook a job that Buchan said was " the toughest job I ever took on " and also assisted Charles Masterman in publishing a monthly magazine that detailed the history of the war, the first edition appearing in February 1915 ( and later published in 24 volumes as Nelson's History of the War ).
* Nelson's Pillar, a 36. 8 m ( 121 ft ) granite Doric column erected in 1808 in honour of Admiral Lord Nelson, formerly stood at the centre of the street on the site of the present day Spire.
The centrepiece of this regeneration was to be a replacement monument for Nelson's Pillar, the Spire of Dublin, chosen from a large number of submissions in an international competition by a committee chaired by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Joe Doyle.
Beyond the Battery and commanding the attention of all shipping on the Tyne is the giant memorial to Lord Collingwood, Nelson's second-in-command at Trafalgar, who completed the victory after Nelson was killed.
The village of Abbotsbury is nearby, as is the Hardy Monument, erected in honour of Captain Thomas Hardy, one of Lord Nelson's commanders at the Battle of Trafalgar, who lived at Portesham House.
On the death of Lord Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805, Mylne was partly responsible for the state funeral, building Nelson's sarcophagus in the Cathedral basement, although the design of the monument fell to James Wyatt of the Office of Works.
Collingwood was incorporated as a town in 1858, nine years before Confederation and was named after Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, Lord Nelson ’ s second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar, who assumed command of the British fleet after Nelson's death.
By the late 18th century, much of the village and the lands around Hubberston were owned by diplomat and politician Sir William Hamilton, whose wife was Admiral Lord Nelson's lover, Emma, Lady Hamilton.
The town was originally named Gibbstown after William Gibbs, but was later renamed Collingwood for Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Lord Nelson's second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Sir William and Lady Emma Hamilton ( who was later the mother of Lord Nelson's illegitimate daughter Horatia ) and thespians Mrs Sarah Siddons and John Kemble were attracted to the beautiful surroundings.
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood ( 26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810 ) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.
The museum contains various items including " Wanted " posters, one of which is dated to 1798, a poster celebrating Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, various pottery figures of smugglers and villains, a bag of " 10 pounds of Jamaican ganja " and old books etc.
This gave them a distinctive front-end appearance as the headcode display was placed on the opposite side of the gangway connection to the driving cab window, leading to their nickname of Nelsons ( referring to Lord Nelson's eyepatch, and also to their connection with Portsmouth ).
This stance angered many officers in the Royal Navy, who believed such a view lacked the heroic aspect of Lord Nelson's strategy in the Napoleonic Wars.
A. J. Scott, DD, Lord Nelson's Chaplain
One was Lord Nelson's mistress, ( Lady ) Emma Hamilton, who was born in nearby Ness and who used to bathe at Parkgate, apparently as a cure for a skin complaint.
However, because of the influence of Nelson's view that the French forces in Egypt should be annihilated rather than allowed to return to France, the treaty was abrogated by Lord Keith who had succeeded St Vincent as commander-in-chief.

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