Naval Chronicle 1
Naval General Service Medal 1
naval tactics 1
Navigation Acts 1, 2, 3
Navy Board, Tower Hill, London 1, 2, 3
Navy League 1, 2, 3
Navy List 1
Navy Records Society 1, 2
Neapolitan Court 1
Neapolitan Review 1
Needles, Isle of Wight 1
Nelson, Catherine (née Suckling; N’s mother) 1, 2
Nelson, Catherine (N’s sister) 1
Nelson, Edmund (N’s brother) 1, 2, 3
Nelson, Reverend Edmund (N’s father) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Nelson, Frances (Fanny; née Nisbet; N’s wife) 1, 2
meets N 1
relationship with N 1
marries N 1
correspondence with N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
pleads that N give up heroic activities 1
attends a Royal Levee with N 1
N asks her to take a house in London 1
abandoned for Lady Hamilton 1
warned not to go to Sicily 1
marriage break1
persistently tries to win N back 1, 2
settlement by N 1, 2, 3
N determined not to go back to her 1
N tells her he wishes to be left alone 1
and N’s father’s death 1
Emma’s campaign to discredit her 1
and Clarke 1
Nelson, HMS 1, 2, 3, 4
Nelson, Horatia (N’s daughter) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Nelson, Vice Admiral Horatio, Viscount
birth (29 September 1758) 1
family background 1
childhood 1, 2
first goes to sea 1
obtains his commission (1777) 1
first prizes 1
expedition in Spanish central America 1
concern to manage his own publicity 1
meets Fanny Nisbet 1
relationship with Fanny 1
marriage (1787) 1
given the Agamemnon 1
needs to understand the rationale of his orders 1
picked to lead one of the fleet’s three divisions 1
starts to keep a sea journal 1, 2
first attacks a battleship 1
Corsican campaign 1
eye injury at Corsica 1, 2
abhorrence of drunkenness 1, 2
similarities in style to Jervis 1
brief Baltic command (1801) 1
receives a pendant 1, 2, 3
confirmed as Commodore 1
relationship with Jervis 1
battle of Cape St Vincent 1, 2, 3, 4
Knight of the Bath 1, 2, 3
promoted to Rear Admiral 1
loss of right arm at Tenerife 1, 2, 3
Freedom of the City of London 1, 2
fame firmly established 1
convalesces in England 1
ordered to pursue enemy armament
injured at the battle of the Nile 1
saviour of India 1, 2
relationship with Sir William Hamilton 1
‘band of brothers’ 1, 2
in breach of naval discipline 1, 2
Lock affair 1
awarded the Dukedom of Bronte 1
assumes Hood’s role as strategic director of the theatre 1
temporary theatre command conferred on him 1
demotion 1, 2
deeply upset by Keith’s orders 1
psychosomatic pains 1, 2, 3
returns home 1
marriage break1
agrees to join Channel Fleet 1
busy social schedule in London 1
Gillray’s caricatures 1
becomes Vice Admiral of the Blue 1
spends Christmas with the Hamiltons 1, 2
relationship with Emma 1, 2
settlement on Fanny 1
status as national icon 1
the intellectual force behind national strategy 1
anxious to get at the Russians 1
instructions for attacking the Danish defence line 1
favourite signal (‘Engage the Enemy more closely’) 1
signal incident 1
last service in the Baltic 1
St Vincent creates a new command for him 1
heavy losses at Boulogne 1
poverty 1
an attempt to blackmail him 1
deeply upset at Parker’s death 1
maiden speech in House of Lords 1
Copenhagen medal question 1, 2
and his father’s death 1
‘triumphal progress’ 1
honorary doctorate 1
Mediterranean command 1, 2, 3
writes his lam thoughts before Trafalgar 1
codicil to his will 1
‘England expects …’ signal 1, 2, 3
fatally wounded 1
death scene 1, 2
eulogies 1
reactions to his death 1
funeral 1
artistic responses 1
literary tributes 1
memorials 1
200th anniversary of his death (2005) 1
funeral 1
PERSONALITY
anxiety to be noticed 1, 2
arrested development 1
‘Britannia’s god of war’ 1, 2, 3
charm 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
commitment 1, 2
confidence 1, 2
courage 1, 2, 3, 4
decision1
determination 1
dynamic 1
focus 1
generosity 1
good humour 1
insecurity 1
intensity 1
mercurial 1
mood swings 1
‘Nelson effect’ 1
patriotism 1
practical intelligence 1
professionalism 1, 2
quick and clear grasp of issues 1
sense of duty 1, 2
vanity 1, 2, 3
zeal 1
Nelson, Maurice (N’s brother) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Nelson, Suckling (N’s brother) 1, 2, 3
Nelson, Reverend William, Earl (N’s brother) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Nelson-Ward family 1
Nelson family 1
Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London 1, 2, 3, 4
Nemesis (frigate) 1
Nepean, Sir Evan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Neptune 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Neptune (French) 1
Netherlands see Holland
Nevis 1
New Inn, Milford 1
New York 1
Nicaragua 1
Nice 1, 2
Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris 1
The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson 1
Nile, battle of the (1798) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Nile Club 1
Nile River 1
Nisbet, Captain Josiah (N’s stepson) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Niza, Marquess of 1, 2, 3, 4
Noble, George 1
Nootka Sound armament 1
Nore 1, 2, 3, 4
Nore command 1
Nore mutineers 1
Norfolk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
North, Lord 1
North Pole expedition (Royal Society) 1
North Sea 1, 2
North Sea command 1, 2
North Sea Fleet 1, 2, 3
North Sea Station 1
North America, Royal Navy seizes control 1
‘Northbrook Programme’ 1
Northesk, Rear Admiral Lord 1
Norway 1
Norwich 1
City of 1
Mayor of 1
Nott, Reverend Mr 1
O’Hara, General Charles 1
Olivier, Laurence, Lord 1, 2
Oman, Carola 1
Oneglia 1
Orde, Sir John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Order in Council (2 July 1783) 1, 2
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Orfordness 1
L’Orient 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Orion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Orme, Daniel 1
Osborne House, Isle of Wight 1
Ostend 1, 2
Ottoman Porte 1
Otway, Commissioner 1
Oushakov, Admiral 1, 2, 3, 4
Owen, Captain Edward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Owen, William 1
Paget, Lord Arthur 1, 2
Palace of Westminster, London 1, 2
Palermo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Palermo Bay 1
Pall Mall Gazette 1
Palmer, William 1
Panin, Count 1
Paoli, Pasquale 1
Paris, Peace of (1783) 1
Paris, Treaty of (1763) 1
Parker, Captain Edward 1, 2, 3, 4
Parker, Vice Admiral Sir Hyde 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Parker, Lady 1, 2
Parker, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Parker, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William 1, 2, 3, 4
Parma 1
Pasco, Lieutenant John 1, 2
Paul, Tsar of Russia 1
revival of Knights of St John 1, 2, 3
threatens Britain’s beligerent rights 1
sees Malta as the key 1
flattered by Bonaparte 1
murdered 1, 2, 3
Pegasus (frigate) 1
Pell, Captain 1
Pellew, Israel 1
Penelope, HMS (frigate) 1, 2, 3
Perree, Admiral 1
Perry, James 1, 2
Peter the Great 1
Peto, Sir Morton 1
Pettigrew, Thomas: Life of Nelson 1
Peuple Soverain 1, 2
Philip V, King of Spain 1
Piedmont 1, 2, 3, 4
Piedmont–Sardinia 1, 2, 3
Pisa 1
Pitt, William, the Younger 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Pitt family 1
Plymouth 1, 2, 3
Pocock, Nicholas 1
Pocock, Tom 1
Poland, partition of 1
Pole, Charles 1, 2
Poison, Colonel 1
Polyphemus 1, 2
Pompeii 1
Popham, Home: signal code 1
Popham telegraph system 1, 2
Port Mahdn naval yard 1
Port Royal, Jamaica 1, 2, 3
Portland, Duke of 1
Portland interest 1
Porto Ferraio 1, 2, 3
Portsmouth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Portugal
loss of 1, 2
war with Tunis 1
Portuguese squadron 1, 2, 3
Prince 1, 2
Prince George 1, 2
Principe de Asturias 1
Provence 1, 2
Prowse, Captain 1
Prussia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Purcell, Henry 1
Quarterly Review 1, 2
Quebec 1, 2
Quebec, battle of (1759) 1, 2
Queensberry, Duke of 1
Quiberon Bay, battle of (1759) 1
Railton, William 1
Raissonable, HMS 1
Ramillies 1
Rattigan, Terence: Bequest to a Nation 1
Records Society 1
Red Sea 1, 2
Redoubtable 1, 2, 3, 4
Renown 1
Revallata Point 1
Revel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Revel Bay 1
Revenge 1
Rigaud, John Francis, RA 1, 2, 3
Riou, Captain Edward 1, 2, 3
Robespierre, Maximilien 1
Rochefort 1, 2
Rodney, Admiral (later Lord) 1, 2, 3
Rome, Troubridge sent to operate against 1
Rose, George 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rose, William Stewart: Naval History of the Late War 1
Rosily, Admiral 1
Ross, Hercules 1
Ross–Wye 1
Rotherham, Captain Edward 1
Round Wood, near Ipswich 1, 2, 3
Rowlandson, Thomas 1
Royal Artillery 1, 2
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain works 1
Royal Marine Artillerymen 1
Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1
Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea Hospital, London 1
Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, London 1, 2
Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth 1
Royal Navy
escort merchant shipping 1
seizes control of key trading posts 1
generally better trained and more experienced than rivals 1
mobilises (late 1792) 1
in the Red Sea 1
need to be refor new circumstances 1
Royal Society 1
Royal Sovereign 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Royal United Services Institution, London 1
Ruffo, Cardinal Fabrice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Russell 1
Russia 1
close to bankruptcy 1
and Malta 1, 2
and Austria’s policy in Italy 1
N’s problems with Russian ambition 1
leaves the coalition 1, 2
N travels on a Russian frigate 1
unable to make headway against the French on land 1
aims to exclude British from the Baltic 1
aims to establish the Baltic as a Russia mare clausum 1
Denmark, Prussia and Sweden coerced into following a Russian programme 1
shift in position alarms Denmark and Sweden 1
N anxious to get at the Russians 1, 2
uncertainty 1
Russian fleet 1, 2
Russian Treaty 1
Ryves, Captain Frederick 1
St Christopher 1
St Cyr, General 1
St Domingo (modern Haiti) 1, 2
St George, HMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
St Helen’s, Lord 1
St James’s Palace, London 1
St Kitts 1
St Olaf’s Cathedral, Elsinore 1
St Paul’s Cathedral, London 1, 2, 3, 4
St Petersburg 1, 2, 3
St Vincent, Admiral Sir John Jervis, Earl 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
takes command of the Mediterranean fleet 1
close blockade by 1
influence on N’s career and thought 1, 2
personality 1, 2, 3, 4
reforms the fleet 1
N’s similarities in style 1
N meets 1
gives N a pendant 1
relationship with N 1
reinforced from Channel Fleet 1
battle of Cape St Vincent 1, 2, 3
Cadiz blockade 1
attack on Tenerife 1
and N’s wounding at Tenerife 1, 2
N’s running journal-letter 1
and battle of the Nile 1
backs N’s complaints about Smith 1
and N’s decision to stay at Palermo 1
decision to go home 1
Channel Fleet command 1, 2, 3
requests N for his fleet 1
First Lord of the Admiralty 1, 2
recommends Parker to head the Baltic fleet 1
and the Admiralty Board 1
and N’s fleetskills 1
creates Channel command for N 1
considers Boulogne attack worthwhile 1
wealth 1
defends the Channel command 1
change in relationship with N 1
conduct in the prize case 1
Saintes passage 1
Battle of the Saints (1782) 1, 2, 3
Saliceti, Christopher 1
San Fiorenzo, Corsica 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
San Fiorenzo Bay, Corsica 1
San Josef 1, 2, 3
San Juan 1
San Juan River 1, 2
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