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 Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson ... A bust of Henry V was purchased from the sale of Lord Nelson's effects and this was placed ...

At the time, Horatio was still a pupil at Paston school ... is to raise public awareness of the life and times of Admiral Lord Nelson and his navy. Membership is open to all with an interest ...

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 ...

The British Navy—which was made great, according to one Winston Churchill, by “rum, sodomy and the lash”—led by Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined fleets of the Spaniards ...