Nelson: Britannia's God of War

by Andrew Lambert

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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br />   Order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem 1

  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