A sailor's life under four sovereigns . citadel. His prize-money, as stated by himself, amounted to ,£57,300before he was thirty years of age, with £6300 morebefore he was thirty-six. I read that in the beginning of 18 18 the follow-ing Whigs dined together in compliment to , at Wyndham, near Ouidenham : The Coleman, in the chair ; Bathurst, Bishop ofNorwich, Lord Albemarle, Sir Francis Burdett,Mr. R. Hammond, Lord Cochrane, Sir ThomasBeevor, Mr. Gurney, Sir Jacob Astley, Mr. Lerwlie,and Admiral Lukin, at that date rather Liberal. A tutor from Wells was found to coach me forthe R
A sailor's life under four sovereigns . citadel. His prize-money, as stated by himself, amounted to ,£57,300before he was thirty years of age, with £6300 morebefore he was thirty-six. I read that in the beginning of 18 18 the follow-ing Whigs dined together in compliment to , at Wyndham, near Ouidenham : The Coleman, in the chair ; Bathurst, Bishop ofNorwich, Lord Albemarle, Sir Francis Burdett,Mr. R. Hammond, Lord Cochrane, Sir ThomasBeevor, Mr. Gurney, Sir Jacob Astley, Mr. Lerwlie,and Admiral Lukin, at that date rather Liberal. A tutor from Wells was found to coach me forthe Royal Naval College. One morning, afterbreakfast, Mr. Coke told me to join him in hisstudy, directing me to sit on a certain chair, he at Holkham 15 his desk. After a while he called me, and said : Now I will tell you why I put you in that Nelson sat there on an occasion when hecame to make his declaration for half-pay as Com-mander. Nelsons home was with his father, theclergyman at Burnham Thorpe, about three miles Nelsons Chair. from Holkham. Mr. Coke likewise introducedyoung Hoste (a neighbour) to At Holk-ham now there is a bedroom called Nelsons. Early in 1822 I was sent to my relative, William , Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, whosehome was in the Close ; but it was his brother, theDean, better known to us as Uncle Tom, to 1 Afterwards Admiral Sir William Hostc. 16 A Sailors Life chap. 1822. whom I was consigned. He had a son, George,who was already at the Royal Naval College. Feb. S. It was on February 8 that I started with UncleTom in the Prebendarys family coach, drawn byfour fat greys, coachman on box, boy on near leader,pace about five miles per hour, for Gosport. Onarrival I saw, for the first time, among other vessels,three full-rigged ships of the line, whose trucksreached at least 220 feet above the water-line. Asyet I had seen nothing larger than a collier brigalongside Wells Pier. Uncle Tom took me in a wherry across t
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