The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 546 pages of information about The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2).

The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 546 pages of information about The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2).

Naples, Queen of, agitation at hearing of the Battle of the Nile,
  i. 372;
  friendship with Lady Hamilton, 378, 383, 384, 426, 444;
  characteristics of, 388, ii. 6;
  association with Nelson, i. 388-391;
  Nelson’s devotion to, 392;
  distrust of her subjects, 394, 416, ii. 5;
  flight to Palermo, i. 395;
  apprehensions of, 419, 428;
  alienation of the King from, 444, ii. 6;
  wishes to visit Vienna, and is carried to Leghorn by Nelson,
  with two ships-of-the-line, ii. 36;
  refused further assistance of the same kind by Lord Keith, 38;
  her distress of mind, and anger with Keith, 39;
  proceeds to Vienna by way of Ancona, 40;
  Nelson renews correspondence with, in 1803-1805, 183, 190, 264.

Nelson, Rev. Edmund, father of Lord Nelson, i. 4;
  Nelson and his wife live with, 1788-1793, 91;
  Mrs. Nelson continues to live with, after Nelson goes to the
  Mediterranean, 207, 257, 308, ii. 48-48, 55;
  his testimony to Lady Nelson’s character, ii. 55;
  attitude towards Lady Hamilton, 55, 176;
  persuaded of the absence of criminality in her relations
  with Nelson, 55, 176;
  refuses to be separated from Lady Nelson, 55, 176, 177;
  death of, 176;
  character of, 176, 177.

NELSON, HORATIO, LORD.
  Historical Sequence of Career:
    and birth, i. 4;
    first going to sea, 5;
    service in merchantman, 9;
    cruise to the Arctic Seas, 12;
    to the East Indies, 14;
    acting lieutenant, 15;
    lieutenant, 16;
    cruise to West Indies, 17;
    commander and post-captain, 21;
    Nicaraguan expedition, 26;
    invalided home, 30;
    command of “Albemarle,” 1781, 31;
    paid off, and visits France, 41;
    cruise of the “Boreas,” 1784, 44;
    refuses to obey orders of commander-in-chief,
      first, to recognize broad pendant of a captain
      “not in commission,” 49,
      and, second, when directed not to enforce the
      Navigation Act, 53-64;
    engagement to Mrs. Nisbet, 69;
    marriage, 75;
    return to England, and “Boreas” paid off. 1787, 75-80;
    exposure of frauds in the West Indies, 79, 82-86;
    half-pay, 1788-1792, 90-94;
    commissions the “Agamemnon,” February, 1793, 99;
    joins the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Hood, 103;
    constant detached service, 108-114;
    blockade of Corsica, 116;
    siege of Bastia, 120-133;
    siege of Calvi, 136-146;
    loss of right eye, 139;
    refitting in Leghorn, 151-160;
    action of “Agamemnon” with “Ca Ira,” 163;
    partial fleet action of March 14, 1795, 166;
    partial fleet action of July 13, 1795, 178;
    command of a detached squadron on the Riviera of Genoa,
      under Hotham, 1795, 184-204,
      and under Jervis, 1796, 215-229;
    hoists broad pendant as commodore, 220;

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