Horatio Nelson

Also known as Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson Nelson, Lord Nelson, Viscount Horatio Nelson Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Lord Nelson, Admiral Nelson

British admiral (1758–1805)

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Horatio Nelson was a British naval commander who lived from 1758 to 1805 and became one of the most famous military figures in British history. He matters because he led the Royal Navy to crucial victories during the Napoleonic Wars, most famously at the Battle of Trafalgar, which established British naval dominance for over a century.

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Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton - Volume II
Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton - Volume I
Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton Vol I
Letters of Lord Nelson

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Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1933-04-29

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…and Then I Wrote1962
Here’s Willie Nelson1963
Country Willie: His Own Songs1965
Country Favorites Willie Nelson Style1966
The Party’s Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs1967
Make Way for Willie Nelson1967
Texas in My Soul1968
Good Times1968
My Own Peculiar Way1969
Laying My Burdens Down1970

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Quotes

“Fear? I never saw fear. What is it? It never came near me.”
“Those gobblers [the French]?- I detest them.”
“There are three things, young gentlemen, which you are constantly to bear in mind. Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman, as you do the devil.”
“Success, I trust — indeed have little doubt — will crown our zealous and well-meant endeavours: if not, our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.”
“The lives of all are in the hands of Him who knows best whether to preserve it or no, and to His will do I resign myself. My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied, and, if anything happens to me recollect death is a debt we must all pay, and whether now or in a few years hence can be but of little consequence.”
“I cannot, if I am in the field for glory, be kept out of sight. Probably my services may be forgotten by the great, by the time I get Home; but my mind will not forget, nor cease to feel, a degree of consolation and of applause superior to undeserved rewards. Wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps. Credit must be given me in spite of envy.”

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Commons category: Horatio Nelson
date of birth: 1758-09-29
date of death: 1805-10-21
Commons gallery: Horatio Nelson
last words: Dieu et mon pays
start of work period: 1771-00-00
name in native language: Horatio Nelson
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Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to multiple decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Trafalgar Square is dedicated to him. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest admirals in history.

Nelson was born into a moderately prosperous Norfolk family and joined the navy through the influence of his uncle Maurice Suckling, a high-ranking naval officer. Nelson rose rapidly through the ranks and served with leading naval commanders of the period before obtaining his own command at the age of 20 in 1778. He developed a reputation for personal valour and a firm grasp of tactics, but suffered periods of illness and unemployment after the end of the American War of Independence. The outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars allowed Nelson to return to service, where he was particularly active in the Mediterranean Sea. He fought in several minor engagements off Toulon and was important in the capture of Corsica, where he was wounded and partially lost sight in one eye, and subsequently performed diplomatic duties with the Italian states. In 1797, he distinguished himself while commanding HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. Shortly after this battle, Nelson took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where the attack failed and he lost his right arm, forcing him to return to England to recuperate. The following year he won a decisive victory over the French at the Battle of the Nile and remained in the Mediterranean to support the Kingdom of Naples against a French invasion.