trust of, 10, 194.

Smith, Spencer, brother to Sir Sidney, minister and joint
minister of Great Britain to Constantinople, i. 400-403;
becomes secretary of embassy, ii. 13.

Spain, Nelson sees that Spain cannot be a true ally to Great
Britain, i. 104;
effect upon Nelson of declaration of war by, 243-250;
political condition of, in 1803, ii. 181;
Nelson's views concerning, 185, 199, 248, 251, 254, 258,
259, 265;
Nelson's letter of instructions to a captain contingent
upon action of, 252.

Spencer, Earl, first Lord of the Admiralty, i. 294;
letters to Nelson from, quoted, 285, 361, 452, ii. 32-34;
letters of Nelson to, quoted, i. 294, 327, 362, 401, 402,
407, 444, 445, 447, ii. 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 27, 32, 34, 65;
indicates to Jervis the Government's wish that Nelson
command the squadron in the Mediterranean, i. 321, 322;
selects Sir Hyde Parker for Baltic command, ii. 67.

St. George, Mrs., description of Lady Hamilton, i. 380, 382;
account of meeting with Nelson and the Hamiltons at Dresden
in 1800, ii. 43-45;
remarks likeness of Nelson to the Russian Marshal Suwarrow, 43.

"St. George," British ship-of-the-line, Nelson's flagship in the
Baltic expedition, ii. 65;
Nelson quits, for the "Elephant," for the Battle of Copenhagen, 78.

St. Vincent, Battle of Cape, i. 268-277.

St. Vincent, Earl. _See_ Jervis.

Stewart, Lieutenant-Colonel, accompanies the Baltic expedition on
board Nelson's flagship, ii. 65;
narrative of the expedition, and anecdotes of Nelson by, quoted,
65, 79, 82-84, 89-91, 94-96, 101, 113, 115.

Stuart, General, in command of the British troops at the siege of
Calvi, i. 134, 136-146;
apparent friction between Lord Hood and, 142-145;
Nelson's high opinion of, 140, 143.

Suckling, Catherine, maiden name of Nelson's mother, i. 4.

Suckling, Captain Maurice, Nelson's maternal uncle, i. 5;
receives Nelson on board his ship the "Raisonnable," on
entering the navy, 6;
care for Nelson during his early years, 9-16;
made Comptroller of the Navy, 15;
procures Nelson's promotion to lieutenant, 16;
death of, 21;
Nelson's care, when wounded at Teneriffe, to save the sword of, 303;
successful naval engagement of, on the date of Trafalgar, and
expectation formed therefrom by Nelson, ii. 368.

Suckling, William, Nelson's maternal uncle, Nelson appeals to, for
aid to marry, i. 43, 69, 70;
makes an allowance to Nelson, 70;
let