Family tree of Horatio NELSON

French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century

English Born Horatio NELSON

Brittish flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy

Born on September 29, 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England , United Kingdom

Died on October 21, 1805 in Cape Trafalgar, Spain

Born on september 29 45

Deceased on october 21 19

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Suckling

Robert

1652 - 1706

Shelton

Sarah

1650 - 1695

Suckling

Maurice

1676 - 1730

Turner

Anne

- 1768

Nelson

Edmund

1722 - 1802

Suckling

Catherine

1725 - 1767

Nelson

Horatio

1758 - 1805

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Horatio Nelson was born in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine. His mother, who died on 26 December 1767 when he was nine years old, was a grandniece of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. She lived in the village of Barsham, Suffolk, and married the Reverend Edmund Nelson at Beccles church, Suffolk, in 1749.

Nelson attended Paston Grammar School, North Walsham, until he was 12 years old, and also attended King Edward VI’s Grammar School in Norwich. His naval career began on 1 January 1771, when he reported to the third-rate HMS Raisonnable as an Ordinary Seaman and coxswain under his maternal uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling, who commanded the vessel. Shortly after reporting aboard, Nelson was appointed a midshipman and began officer training. Early in his service, Nelson discovered that he suffered from seasickness, a chronic complaint that dogged him for the rest of his life.

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