Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine Suckling. A weak, sickly child, when he was sent to sea at the age of 12 as a midshipman on the Raisonnable Horatio was so lonely and homesick, he was nicknamed "Poor Horace Captain."
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| Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Nelson commanded the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories. During the Battle of Trafalgar, his greatest victory, he was killed by a French sniper. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.
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