William Hamilton (diplomat)
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Sir William Hamilton, KB, PC, FRS, FRSE was a British diplomat, politician, antiquarian and vulcanologist who served as the Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. After sittin
Portrait of Sir William Hamilton by David Allan, 1775
William Hamilton with his sister Elizabeth, later Countess of Warwick, by William Hoare
William and Catherine Hamilton in the villa at Posillipo, by David Allan
A replica of the Portland Vase by Josiah Wedgwood in the V&A
Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a British Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to multiple decis
William Hamilton (diplomat)
…antiquities, becoming a fellow of the Royal Society and being given the Copley Medal. His second wife was Emma Hamilton, who was famed as the mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Hamilton was born on 13 December 1730 (or 12 January 1731) in either London or at Park Place, Berkshire, the fourth son of Lord Archibald Hamilton…
Portrait of Horatio Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1799
The site of the rectory in Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, where Nelson was born in 1758
Captain Horatio Nelson, painted by John Francis Rigaud in 1781, with Fort San Juan—the scene of his most notable achievement till then—in the background.
Nelson's wife, Lady Nelson, formerly Frances "Fanny" Nisbet of the island of Nevis, West Indies.