Horatia Nelson
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Horatia Nelson, christened as Horatia Nelson Thompson, was the illegitimate daughter of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson.
An antique photograph of a portrait of Horatia Ward (née Nelson) from the Style/Ward Family collection
Horatia Nelson kneeling before her father's (imaginary) tomb, by William Owen (after 1807)
Horatia Nelson, circa 1815
Horatia Ward in later life
Merton, London (parish)
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Merton was an ancient parish historically in Surrey, the area of which has since 1965 been part of Greater London. The parish was centred on the 12th-century parish church of St Mary in Merton Park. I
Horatia Nelson
…birth in early 1803), and he spent as often as he could during his brief times onshore from 1803 to 1805 enjoying domestic life with her and Emma at Merton Place, more frequently and easily once Sir William was dead. As the Battle of Trafalgar approached, Nelson wrote a letter to Horatia with his parental blessing…
St Mary's Church, the ancient parish church
Merton Place, copperplate engraving, 18th century
Admiral Nelson