Tactical ideas, indications of, i. 34, 105, 121, 126, 135, 163, 164, 166, 180-182, 217-218, 222, 226, 240, 244, 270-272, 301, 327, 344-345, 350, 355-357, 358, 421; ii. 76, 79, 80-82, 84-87, 92, 100, 124-126, 137, 138, 215-217, 219, 220, 230, 306, 333, 341-353, 356, 357, 360, 361, 366-369, 370, 371, 373, 380.

Nelson, Frances, Lady, wife of Lord Nelson, birth, parentage, and first marriage to Dr. Josiah Nisbet, i. 65; one son, Josiah Nisbet, 65; widowhood, 65; lives with her uncle, at Nevis, 66; characteristics, 67-69, 71, 149, 173, 386, ii. 46, 53, 54; wooing of, by Nelson, i. 69-71; marriage to Nelson, and departure to England, 75; no children by Nelson, 90; resides with Nelson, in his father’s house, 91; lives with father of Nelson, during the latter’s absences, 1793-1800, 207, 257, 308, ii. 46-48, 55; letters of Nelson to, quoted, i. 111, 133, 139, 147, 149, 172, 173, 207, 248, 255-258, 295, 307, 325, 372, 387, ii. 47, 146,147; continued attachment of Nelson to, on returning home in 1797, i. 308, 309, 316; Nelson’s message to, when thinking himself mortally wounded at the Nile, 351; uneasiness of, at the reports of Nelson’s intimacy with Lady Hamilton, 396; apparent purpose of, to go to the Mediterranean, discouraged by Nelson, 396; growing alienation of Nelson from, 422, ii. 45-47, 48, 51, 53; attitude of, towards Nelson, ii. 46, 47, 50, 53, 54; letters of, to Nelson, quoted, 47; Nelson’s bearing towards, 48, 50; attitude of, towards Lady Hamilton, 51; final breach between Nelson and, 53, 55, 146-149; later years of, 54, 55; testimony to, of Nelson and of his father, 55; Nelson’s “letter of dismissal” to, and her endorsement thereon, 146, 147; date of death, i. 65 note.

Nelson, Maurice, Nelson’s eldest brother, quoted by Lady Nelson, ii. 147 and note.

Niebuhr, the historian, accounts of the Battle of Copenhagen, quoted, ii. 81, 98, 112.

Nile, Battle of the, i. 343-358.

Nisbet, Captain Josiah, Nelson’s stepson, birth and parentage, i. 65; goes to sea with Nelson in the “Agamemnon,” 100; Lady Hamilton’s kindness to, 111; good conduct of, at Teneriffe, 302, 303; Nelson attributes the saving of his life to, 306, ii. 147; St. Vincent promotes to commander at Nelson’s request, i. 306; Nelson’s disappointment in, 412; estrangement between Nelson and, ii. 146-148; St. Vincent’s assertion of Nelson’s high opinion of, in early life, 148 note.

Nisbet, Dr. Josiah, first husband of Lady Nelson, i. 65.

Nisbet, Mrs. Josiah, Lady Nelson’s name by first marriage.
  See Nelson, Lady.

Niza, Marquis de, Portuguese admiral, commanding squadron
  under Nelson’s orders in the Mediterranean, 1798, 1799, i. 370;
  conducts sea blockade of Malta, 370, 392, ii. 1, 8, 9, 12, 14;
  ordered temporarily to defence of Messina, i. 413;
  co-operates at sea with Nelson, when expecting Bruix’s
  fleet, 420, 425;
  limitations to Nelson’s authority over, 439;
  recalled by Portuguese government, ii. 8;
  Nelson forbids him to obey, 8, 9;
  Nelson’s expressions of esteem for, 9;
  final recall allowed by Nelson, 14.