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;