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‘band of brothers’
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in breach of naval discipline
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Lock affair
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awarded the Dukedom of Bronte
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assumes Hood’s role as strategic director of the theatre
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temporary theatre command conferred on him
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demotion
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deeply upset by Keith’s orders
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psychosomatic pains
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returns home
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marriage break
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agrees to join Channel Fleet
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busy social schedule in London
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Gillray’s caricatures
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becomes Vice Admiral of the Blue
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spends Christmas with the Hamiltons
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relationship with Emma
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settlement on Fanny
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status as national icon
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the intellectual force behind national strategy
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anxious to get at the Russians
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instructions for attacking the Danish defence line
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favourite signal (‘Engage the Enemy more closely’)
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signal incident
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last service in the Baltic
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St Vincent creates a new command for him
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heavy losses at Boulogne
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poverty
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an attempt to blackmail him
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deeply upset at Parker’s death
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maiden speech in House of Lords
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Copenhagen medal question
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and his father’s death
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‘triumphal progress’
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honorary doctorate
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Mediterranean command
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writes his lam thoughts before Trafalgar
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codicil to his will
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‘England expects …’ signal
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fatally wounded
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death scene
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eulogies
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reactions to his death
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funeral
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artistic responses
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literary tributes
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memorials
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200th anniversary of his death (2005)
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funeral
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PERSONALITY

anxiety to be noticed
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arrested development
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‘Britannia’s god of war’
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charm
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commitment
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confidence
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courage
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decision
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determination
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dynamic
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focus
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generosity
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good humour
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insecurity
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intensity
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mercurial
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mood swings
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‘Nelson effect’
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patriotism
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practical intelligence
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professionalism
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quick and clear grasp of issues
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sense of duty
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vanity
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zeal
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Nelson, Maurice (N’s brother)
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Nelson, Suckling (N’s brother)
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Nelson, Reverend William, Earl (N’s brother)
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Nelson-Ward family
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Nelson family
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Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London
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Nemesis
(frigate)
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Nepean, Sir Evan
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Neptune
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Neptune
(French)
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Netherlands
see
Holland

Nevis
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New Inn, Milford
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New York
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Nicaragua
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Nice
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Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris
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The
Dispatches
and
Letters
of
Lord
Nelson
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Nile, battle of the (1798)
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Nile Club
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Nile River
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Nisbet, Captain Josiah (N’s stepson)
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Niza, Marquess of
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Noble, George
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Nootka Sound armament
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Nore
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Nore command
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Nore mutineers
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Norfolk
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North, Lord
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North Pole expedition (Royal Society)
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North Sea
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North Sea command
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North Sea Fleet
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North Sea Station
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North America, Royal Navy seizes control
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‘Northbrook Programme’
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Northesk, Rear Admiral Lord
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