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,
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