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Vice-Admiral '''Horatio Nelson''' was a British naval commander during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and the winner of important victories in the battles of Cape St. Vincent (1797), the Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), and the crucial battle at Trafalgar (1805), where he was killed onboard his flagship HMS ''Victory'' at the moment of his greatest triumph.  His private life was known for his love affair with Lady Emma Hamilton, while both were married.
 
Vice-Admiral '''Horatio Nelson''' was a British naval commander during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and the winner of important victories in the battles of Cape St. Vincent (1797), the Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), and the crucial battle at Trafalgar (1805), where he was killed onboard his flagship HMS ''Victory'' at the moment of his greatest triumph.  His private life was known for his love affair with Lady Emma Hamilton, while both were married.
[[Lord_Nelson_England_Expects.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Nelson's famous semaphore declaration, memorialized in [[Trafalgar Square]].]]
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[[Image:Lord_Nelson_England_Expects.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Nelson's famous semaphore declaration, memorialized in [[Trafalgar Square]].]]
[[Lord_Nelson.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Nelson's death scene, memorialized in [[Trafalgar Square]].]]
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[[Image:Lord_Nelson.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Nelson's death scene, memorialized in [[Trafalgar Square]].]]
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*Durant, Will and Ariel. ''The Age of Napoleon'', Simon And Schuster, New York (1975).
 
*Durant, Will and Ariel. ''The Age of Napoleon'', Simon And Schuster, New York (1975).
    
[[Category:Military Commanders|Nelson, Horatio]]
 
[[Category:Military Commanders|Nelson, Horatio]]
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