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He may have defeated the French at sea but Horatio Nelson seems to have finally met his match – in Parliament. Two historic ...
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.