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| Name |
Horatio Nelson |
| Prefix |
Lord |
| Suffix |
1st Viscount Nelson |
| Birth |
29 Sep 1758 |
Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England  |
| Christening |
9 Oct 1758 |
Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
21 Oct 1805 |
Battle of Trafalgar, Cape Trafalgar, España |
| Burial |
8 Jan 1806 |
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
LVGL-ZR4 |
| Person ID |
I95286 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Reverend Edmund Nelson, b. 19 Mar 1722, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. 26 Apr 1802 (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Suckling, b. 9 May 1725, Barsham, Suffolk, England d. 26 Dec 1767 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
11 May 1749 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Family ID |
F30756 |
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 | Birth - 29 Sep 1758 - Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England |
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| Christening - 9 Oct 1758 - Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England |
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 | Marriage - 11 Mar 1787 - Figtree Church, Nevis |
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 | Death - 21 Oct 1805 - Battle of Trafalgar, Cape Trafalgar, España |
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 | Burial - 8 Jan 1806 - St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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| Notes |
- British Navy Admiral of the White. Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Engl a nd, his mother died when he was nine and he went to sea three years lat e r abord "HMS Raisonnable" under his uncle Captain Maurice Suckling. B y 17 77 he was a Lieutenant and assigned to the West Indies, where he sa w acti on during the American Revolution. Promoted post-Captain in 1779 a t the a ge of 20, his first command was the frigate "HMS Hinchingbroke. " When th e French Revolutionary Wars began in 1793, Nelson was given com mand of "H MS Agamemnon" and was assigned to the Mediterranean. During th e capture o f Corsica in 1794, he was hit in the face by a blast of grave l and blinde d in his right eye.
In 1797 he was knighted as a member of the Order of the Bath and was pro m oted to Rear Admiral of the Blue largely for his role in the British vi ct ory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. In 1798, in command of his ow n fle et of fourteen ships, he destroyed a French fleet of seventeen at t he Bat tle of the Nile, effectively marooning Napoleon Boneparte's forces . He wa s then granted the title of Baron Nelson. Later, he was shot in t he arm a nd lost almost his entire right arm to amputation. In 1799, he w as promot ed to Rear Admiral of the Red, and in 1801 he was promoted to V ice Admira l of the Blue. Within a few months he was involved in the Batt le of Copen hagen. After his success there he was promoted to Vice Admira l of the Whi te, the fifth highest rank in the Royal Navy, and took comma nd of the Med iterranean Fleet in 1803 when he was assigned to "HMS Victo ry". On Octobe r 21, 1805 with 27 ships of the line, he engaged the numer ically superio r Franco-Spanish fleet of 33. After the "HMS Victory" crip ped the Frenc h flagship she moved on to the "Redoutable", and the two sh ips became ent angled. Snipers in the fighting tops of the "Redoutable" p oured fire dow n onto the deck of the Victory, and Nelson was hit. A bull et entered hi s shoulder, pierced his lung, and came to rest at the bas e of his spine . Admiral Nelson remained conscious for four hours, but di ed belowdecks s oon after his greatest victory was achieved. his body wa s preserved i n a barrel of brandy wine for his return to London where h e was given a s tate funeral. He was laid to rest in a coffin made from t he mast of his " HMS L'Orient" which had been salvaged after the Battle o f the Nile .
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