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A Short Biography of Viscount Horatio Nelson

Author Name:

Viscount Horatio Nelson

Born As:

Other Names:

Viscount Horatio Nelson

Born:

29 Sep 1758

Died:

21 Oct 1805




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Admiral and naval hero                          
                          
Parents Catherine and Reverend Edmund Nelson, Horatio being sixth of eleven children.
Wife Frances Nisbet
An affair with Emma Hamilton, one daughter, Horatia.                          
Battles:

American Revolutionary War
Battle of Fort San Juan
French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Cape St Vincent
Battle of the Nile
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Battle of Copenhagen
Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Trafalgar  †                          
Won The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed.