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Horatio Nelson bol britský admirál.

Od roku 1789 bol veliteľom britskej flotily v Stredozemnom mori. Víťazstvom v bitke pri Abú Kíre v roku 1798 získal pre Spojené kráľovstvo námornú prevahu v Stredozemnom mori.

V roku 1805 potvrdil nadvládu Británie na mori víťazstvom v bitke pri Trafalgare, kde porazil spojené francúzsko-španielske loďstvo a nestratil ani jednu loď. V bitke padol.

Bol milencom lady E. Hamiltonovej. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. september 1758 – 21. október 1805   •   Ďalšie mená Lord Horatio Nelson
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“Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub.”

In his dying hours, Nelson was attended by his chaplain, Alexander Scott; his steward, Chevalier; and the purser, Walter Burke. Their accounts have been available to Nelson's modern biographers. This was a request to alleviate his symptoms of thirst, heat, and the pains of his wounds, as quoted in Horatio Nelson (1987) by Tom Pocock, p. 331
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

“My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.”

Letter to his mistress, Lady Hamilton (1800) [citation needed]; derived from "But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive." by William Shakespeare, in Henry V
1800s

“The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.”

Statement to Sir Hyde Parker urging vigorous action against the Russians and Danes (24 March 1801), quoted in "The Book of Military Quotations" by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 54
1800s

“I had rather suffer death than alarm Mrs. Freemantle, by letting her see me in this state, when I can give her no tidings whatever of her husband.”

After being wounded during the attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife (24 July 1797), as quoted in The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with Notes (1845) edited Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Vol. II : 1795-1797, p. 423
1790s

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