Parker, Captain William, commander of the frigate “Amazon,”
  anecdote of Nelson, i. 337 note, ii. 217;
  anecdote of Captain Hardy, 245;
  special mission and singular orders given by Nelson to, 261-263;
  accompanies Nelson to the West Indies, 289, 295, 297;
  final letter from Nelson to, 315, 316.

Pasco, Lieutenant, Nelson’s signal officer at Trafalgar, ii. 359;
  anecdotes of Nelson by, 359, 360, 381, 882;
  makes the signals “England expects,” etc., 383,
    and for “close action,” 384;
  wounded, 390;
  replies to a query made by Nelson while dying, 390.

Paul I., Emperor of Russia,
  congratulations to Nelson on the Battle of the Nile, i. 363;
  coalition of, with Austria and Naples, 400, 404-406;
  becomes Grand Master of Knights of Malta, and seeks the
  restoration of the Order, 406-408;
  Nelson’s compliments to, ii. 10, 28;
  successes of his general, Suwarrow, 14;
  subsequent reverses, and anger of, against Austria and
  Great Britain, 15, 62;
  indignation at the refusal of Great Britain to surrender
  Malta to himself, 62;
  renews the Armed Neutrality of 1780, with Sweden, Denmark,
  and Prussia, 63;
  Bonaparte’s management of, 64;
  murder of, 100.

“Penelope,” British frigate, efficacious action of, in
  compelling the surrender of the “Guillaume Tell,”
  French ship-of-the-line, ii. 31, 328.

Pitt, William, Prime Minister of Great Britain, marked courtesy
  shown to Nelson when last in England by, ii. 156;
  intercourse of Nelson with, just before Trafalgar, 323, 327.

Porto Ferrajo, Island of Elba, seized by Nelson in 1796, i. 237;
  British forces retire from Bastia to, 253;
  naval evacuation of, superintended by Nelson, 259-262.

Radstock, Admiral, Lord, quotations from letters of, relating to
  Nelson, i. 152, ii. 202 and note, 236, 239, 247, 289, 290, 291,
  307, 308, 325.

“Redoutable,” French ship-of-the-line, Nelson mortally wounded
  by a shot from, ii. 387-389.

Registration of seamen, Nelson’s plans for, ii. 168. 169.

Revel, Nelson’s desire to attack the Russian detachment of ships in,
  ii. 74, 77, 100, 102, 106, 107, 111;
  Nelson’s visit to, 112-114;
  results of Nelson’s visit, 114.

Riou, Captain, commands the frigate “Amazon,” and a light squadron in the
  Battle of Copenhagen, ii. 82, 83, 86, 89, 91;
  obeys signal to retire, and is killed, 91.

Riviera of Genoa, operations of Nelson upon the, 1795, 1796, i. 184-236;
  importance of, to the French, 184-190.

Rochefort, the part of the French squadron at, in Napoleon’s
  combinations, ii. 269, 272, 312.

Rodney, Admiral, Lord, effect of his victory upon Nelson’s plans
  for Trafalgar, ii. 352.

Rogers, Samuel, anecdote of Nelson, ii. 50.