Lord nelson biography
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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Royal Navy officer (–)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Horatio Nelson (disambiguation), Lord Nelson (disambiguation), and Admiral Nelson (disambiguation).
Vice-AdmiralHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September&#;[O.S. 18 September]&#; – 21 October ) was a Royal Navy officer whose inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders 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 He developed a reputation for perso
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On This Day: Admiral Nelson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar, near Gibraltar, in
At the National Maritime Museum's Nelson galleri, visitors catch a glimpse of the personality of England's greatest naval krigare Admiral Horatio Nelson. Few heroes have captured the heart and the imagination more than Horatio Nelson, who died on, Oct 21, at the moment of his greatest victory.
Although a fêted national hero, he displayed common human frailty. His colorful private life, coupled with his genius and daring as a naval commander, seems to man the Nelson story irresistible to every generation.
Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, in September , Horatio Nelson entered the Royal Navy in January at the age of He showed early promise, passing his lieutenant's exam more than a year under the official age in and being made post-captain at the age of With his own command, Nelson was in a position where his personal skills and bravery would be noticed.
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NELSON, Horatio
Nelson was born on 29 September, , in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children. His father, Edmund Nelson, was parish priest and his mother, Catherine Nelson, was a grandniece of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Oxford. His mother died when Nelson was nine. Nelson joined the Royal Navy aged 12 on January 1, Following the traditional system of patronage, he was made midshipman on his maternal uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling's ship.
By he was made lieutenant and assigned to the West Indies. Here he saw action in the American War of Independence. In June (aged 20), he was made captain of the recently captured gun French frigate Hinchinbrook &#; his first command.
In Nelson took part in a landing at the Spanish fortress of San Juan in Nicaragua. His action however (not covered by his orders) led to many of his men catching tropical diseases. Even Nelson's health suffered, and he was forced to return to England for more than