21 st October 2005 200 th Anniversary of the Death of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

1. A Norfolk Hero 21st October 2005200th Anniversary of the Death of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar

2. Horatio Nelson was born on 29th September1758 at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, son of the rector Edmund Nelson. Horatio’s mother , Catherine Suckling was related to a powerful Norfolk family called the Walpoles. Burnham Thorpe Rectory The Walpoles owned a lot of land around the Burnhams, and it was through them that Edmund got his job as rector. Horatio’s education took place in the county, at the Norwich School and then at the Paston School at North Walsham. It was from there that he went on to join the navy.

3. The Lord Nelson pub was frequented by Horatio. Known in his day as The Plough Edmund Nelson Horatio’s Father

4. Captain Maurice Suckling

5. http://www.admiralnelson.org/nelson-fl.htm Rectory at Burnham Thorpe demolished just after Edmund Nelson’s death in 1803

6. First Farewell

7. 1758Nelson born in our village at Burnham Thorpe. The middle son of a family of five boys and three girls, his father was the rector of the Parish Church. His mother enjoyed valuable social connections.1767His Mother died suddenly on Boxing Day.1771Joins his Uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling on the 'Raisonnable', a captured French ship, as 'Captains Servant‘1777Nelson takes examination for a commission as Lieutenant.1779Nelson promoted to Post Captain.Assumed command of his first vessel, 'Hitchinbroke'.1788-1793Nelson, with his new wife, Frances, lives in the Parsonage at Burnham Thorpe.1793Back to sea on 'HMS Agamemnon'.Meets Emma, Lady Hamilton.1794In a landing party at Siege of Calvi, Nelson blinded in right eye.1797Success on board 'HMS Captain' off Cape St Vincent, makes Nelson a hero and the toast of London.Promoted to Rear Admiral of the BlueMade Knight of the Bath5 Months later at Santa Cruz, right arm shattered then amputated.1798Success at the Battle of the Nile onboard 'HMS Vanguard‘Made Baron Nelson of the Nile.Begins affair with Emma.1801Promoted to Vice AdmiralNelson made Commander in Chief, Baltic  afterBattle of CopenhagenMade Viscount Nelson of the Nile & Burnham Thorpe.1803Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.Hoists flag on 'Victory'1805The Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson's greatest achievement, but it cost him his life.

8. Nelson and Bear

10. Card Party at Merton Place.

11. Paston School, North Walsham In 1769, brothers William and Horatio Nelson came to the school as boarders, and from here, in March 1771, Horatio set out on his legendary career.

12. At the turn of the 19th century, the world was at war. On one side stood a military genius who had conquered a continent. On the other was the one man, with only a weather-beaten squadron of wooden ships, who could stop him. Such is the backdrop of the life of England's greatest hero: Horatio Nelson. Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 12, Nelson physically represented the furthest thing from a hero. He was small, sickly, and obsessively vain, yet Nelson would go on to lead his men into some of the greatest naval battles in history. And he would entwine himself into a torrid love affair that would rock the conservative Georgian society from which he drew so much devotion. Nelson's secret: to live under the simple rule that everyone is expected to do his duty. In a time when the officers of His Majesty's Ships were virtually royalty themselves compared to the common seaman living between cramped decks, Nelson insisted that these hardened British tars were worthy of respect and addressed them not as subordinates but as kinsmen. He always led from the front and would never ask his men to perform any duty of which he was not prepared to do first. Such dedication cost him the use of an eye, the loss of an arm, and ultimately his life. For this, his men loved him and would successfully battle against overwhelming odds without question. A vain, petty and arrogant man, Nelson was also lured into a passionate affair with the wife of an Ambassador. Abandoning his own wife, Nelson was openly devoted to his beloved Lady Hamilton in a time when the King himself insisted on strict moral practices. The crowning moment in the life of Lord Nelson came on an Autumn morning in 1805, off the coast of Spain, when Nelson's outnumbered fleet engaged the Combined Franco-Spanish Fleet, which Napoleon had intended to escort his invasion force against England. Although he paid the ultimate price for it, Nelson completely smashed his enemy's fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, paving the way for the British Empire to rule the seas for another century and causing Napoleon to forever abandon his lust for conquering England.

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14. Life Onboard HMS Victory– click to enter

15. About Nelson- click to enter the site

16. Admiral Lord Nelson Interactive Quiz- click to go to site

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20. Great Yarmouth front at time of Nelson

21. Nelson mortally wounded

32. Nelson at Portsmouth

33. Nelson’s Ships and Battles HMS Victory off Gibraltar, May 17th 1805. David Bell.

34. Nelson boarding a captured ship in 1777

36. '"HMS Agamemnon" - Nelson's first flagship leads the squadron, Mediterranean, 1796'

37. Young Officers whilst at sea.

38. Fighting a boarding party

40. 'HMS Captain' 74-gun ship Commodore Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797. 'The Battle of St. Vincent, 14th February, 1797'

41. Nelson in conflict with the Spanish in 1797

44. Receiving the surrender of the San Nicholas 1797

46. Nelson wounded at Tenerife July 1797

48. Nelson leaving Portsmouth to sail to Trafalgar

49. Nelson’s Flagships at Anchor