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− | [[Image:HoratioNelson1.jpg|thumb|250px|Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, with his chelengk in his admiral's hat]]
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− | {{People|name=Sir Horatio Nelson|dob=29 September, 1758|service=[[Royal Navy]]|rank=Vice-Admiral|nationality=British|billets=HMS Boreas, Captain<br>HMS Agamemnon, Captain<br>HMS Captain, Captain/Commodore<br>HMS Theseus, Captain<br>[[HMS Vanguard]], Rear-Admiral<br>HMS Foudroyant, Rear-Admiral<br>[[HMS Victory]], Vice-Admiral}}
| + | Among many other campaigns, Lord Nelson led the British fleet to victory in the [[Battle of the Nile]] in 1798 and in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in October 1805. Nelson lost his life at Trafalgar. |
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− | == Biography ==
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− | Among many other campaigns, in his long naval career, Admiral Lord Nelson led the British fleet to victory in the [[Battle of the Nile]] in 1798 and in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in October 1805. | |
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− | Nelson was severely injured by a falling sail at Trafalgar after a [[Flecha-del-Fuego]] set the sails of the [[HMS Victory]] on fire. His medals were melted to his chest, a fact he is proud of. | |
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| He was known for his ability to inspire and bring out the best in his men. | | He was known for his ability to inspire and bring out the best in his men. |
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− | == Slave Trade ==
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− | Lord Nelson believed that the Slave Trade was a necessary evil which provided a training ground for Britain's sailors and kept her economy strong. His speech against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Fox#1806:_Final_year Foreign Slave Trade Bill] introduced into Parliament in 1806, stopped the Abolition movement headed by [[William Wilberforce]] from passing laws to ban the slave trade in the British Empire. However, in July 1807 the destruction of all European settlements on the African continent under [[Mokhachane I (d)]] effectively ended the African slave trade (although not the practice of slavery itself).
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