. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. eath afterhis greatest victory appears afitting close to the impressivetragedy of his life. Horatio Nelson was born onthe 29th of September, 1758,at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk,England. He was the fifthson of Rev. Edmund Nelson,rector of that parish. He re-ceived a grammar-school edu-cation, but at the early age oftwelve became midshipman onboard the Raisonnable, a64-gun ship, commanded byhis maternal uncle. CaptainSuckling. Horatio returnedfrom his first voyage in 1772, and in the next year served inan expedition
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. eath afterhis greatest victory appears afitting close to the impressivetragedy of his life. Horatio Nelson was born onthe 29th of September, 1758,at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk,England. He was the fifthson of Rev. Edmund Nelson,rector of that parish. He re-ceived a grammar-school edu-cation, but at the early age oftwelve became midshipman onboard the Raisonnable, a64-gun ship, commanded byhis maternal uncle. CaptainSuckling. Horatio returnedfrom his first voyage in 1772, and in the next year served inan expedition to the Polar seas under Commodore uncle next procured him a station under Captain Farmer,on a ship in a squadron destined for the West Indies underthe conduct of Sir Edward Hughes. The climate provedunfriendly to his constitution, and it was found necessary tosend him home, where he arrived in 1776. Though now only in his eighteenth year, his naval experi-ence was considerable; and in September, i ^jd^ he wasappointed as acting lieutenant of the Worcester, 64 guns,366.
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