Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, the British naval hero is claimed to have declared, “Thanks be ...

Upon the de-commissioning of the Boreas Nelson and his wife Fanny spent time in London and Bath after which, at the end of 1788, they moved to Norfolk, to live with Nelson’s father at Burnham Thorpe.

Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal uncle.

The British ... naval hero was fatally shot in 1805 during the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy triumphed over the combined forces of France and Spain. The official account states that ...

(In the British Navy of the time, seamen split the proceeds ... Lady Hamilton would use their influence, to keep Lord Nelson with them: they have succeeded.” Finally, that same month, Nelson ...

As a result of this enforcement of what were called the ‘Navigation Acts’ Nelson created powerful enemies among the rich British traders and senior ... of the life and times of Admiral Lord Nelson and ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s indelible mark on British history extends far beyond his iconic victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the naval dockyard was once the home of the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as the headquarters of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson from 1784 ...

During that time he had created a number of powerful enemies as a result of his enforcement of the Navigation Acts, which required goods arriving in the British ... Lord Nelson and his navy.

As a result of this enforcement of what were called the ‘Navigation Acts’ Nelson created powerful enemies among the rich British ... times of Admiral Lord Nelson and his navy.