Lock accuses 1, 2

  loathed by Lady Holland 1

  card1

  pregnant with N’s daughter 1, 2

  Haydn accompanies her singing 1

  travels home with William and N 1

  campaign to have her received at Court 1

  relationship with N 1, 2

  correspondence with N 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  and Parker 1

  and the Merton house 1, 2

  financial situation 1, 2, 3, 4

  campaign to discredit Fanny 1

  sings ‘Rule Britannia’ 1

  and codicil to N’s will 1

  N begs Hardy to look after her 1

  unable to attend N’s funeral 1

  dies in poverty at Calais (1815) 1

  Nicolas omits items connected with her 1

  and Carraciolo 1, 2

  nation’s failure to honour N’s wishes 1

  Hamilton, Sir William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  British representative at the Bourbon court, Naples 1

  out of his depth in wartime 1

  relationship with N 1

  relationship with Emma 1, 2

  Paget replaces 1, 2

  travels home with Emma and N 1

  and the Merton house 1, 2

  honorary doctorate 1

  death 1

  Hamond, Graham 1, 2

  Hannibal 1, 2

  Hardy, Captain Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  exchanged for a captured Spanish Captain 1

  tells of enemy strength 1

  battle of the Nile 1, 2

  and Lock 1

  takes dispatch to the Admiralty 1

  in Copenhagen 1

  Trafalgar 1, 2, 3

  at N’s funeral 1

  death 1

  Harrison, James 1

  Harvey, Captain Eliab 1

  Haslewood, William 1

  Havana 1

  Hawke, Edward, Baron 1, 2

  Hawkesbury, Lord 1, 2, 3

  Haydn, Joseph 1

  ‘Mass in Time of Fear’ (Nelson Mass) 1

  Helsingor 1

  Herbert, John, President of Nevis 1, 2

  Hereux 1, 2

  Heritage Lottery Fund 1

  Hieres Bay 1, 2

  Hinchinbrooke, HMS 1, 2

  Hispaniola 1

  Hohenlinden, battle of (1801) 1, 2

  Holland

  British disposable troops sent to 1

  British seize Cape of Good Hope from 1

  Dutch crisis 1

  Dutch ships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  French control 1, 2

  Holland, Lady 1, 2

  Holland, Lord 1

  Holsten 1, 2, 3

  Hood, Admiral Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  introduces N to Prince William 1

  takes N to a royal levee 1

  and discipline 1

  and Schomberg 1, 2

  and Prince William’s career prospects 1

  Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean 1, 2

  complexity of his task 1, 2

  N visits him on HMS Victory 1

  convention signed at Toulon (1793) 1

  N obtains troops for him 1

  autocratic leadership style 1

  attitude to intercooperation 1

  core role 1

  successful Corsican campaign 1, 2

  personality 1, 2

  high opinion of N 1

  replaces Howe 1

  the leading naval strategist and tactician 1

  his greatest achievements at sea 1

  intellectual influence on N’s professional career 1

  perspective on war 1

  leadership style 1, 2

  MP and First Naval Lord 1

  N values his praise 1

  and the Tenerife operation 1

  N assumes his role as strategic director of the theatre 1

  and opening of Parliament 1

  on the Boulogne attack 1

  introduces N to the House of Lords 1

  praises N 1

  and N’s funeral 1, 2

  Hood, Captain Sam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  battle of the Nile 1, 2, 3, 4

  blockade of Egyptian coast 1

  N’s trust in 1

  Hoppner, John 1

  Hoste, William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hotham, Vice Admiral Sir William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  in the Channel 1

  Corsican campaign 1, 2, 3

  temporarily succeeds Hood 1, 2

  locum tenens 1

  keeps the fleet in San Fiorenzo Bay 1, 2

  continued caution 1

  no theatre commander 1, 2

  Jervis inherits chaos from 1

  House of Lords 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Howard, Lord 1

  Howe, Admiral Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Hughes, Admiral 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Hume, Joseph 1

  Hyde Park, London 1

  Hydrographic Office 1, 2

  I Remember Nelson: recollections of a Hero’s Life (TV series) 1

  Imperial War Museum, London xxxvi

  Implacable, HMS 1

  Inconstant 1

  India

  Royal Navy seizes control 1

  N’s imperial views 1

  Napoleon aims to strike at 1, 2, 3, 4

  N as saviour of India 1, 2

  Indian Ocean 1

  Ionian Islands (Septinsular Republic) 1, 2, 3

  Ipswich, Suffolk 1

  Ireland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Irish rebellion (1798) 1

  Irish Republican Army (IRA) 1, 2

  Isis 1

  Isle of Wight 1

  Istanbul 1, 2

  Italy

  as a ‘gold mine’ 1, 2

  N to cooperate with allies in driving French out 1

  Napoleon’s plans 1

  Jacobins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Jamaica 1, 2

  James, William 1

  Jefferson, Surgeon 1

  Jellicoe, Sir John 1, 2, 3

  Jenkinson, Charles 1, 2

  Jervis, Admiral Sir John see St Vincent, Earl

  Jordan, Dorothy 1

  Joyce, James: Ulysses 1

  Keats, Captain Richard 1, 2, 3, 4

  Keith, Admiral Lord George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount 1, 2, 3, 4

  and Bruix 1

  N disgusted by his feeble conduct 1

  N ignores his orders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  departs with the main fleet in Bruix’s wake 1

  N briefs him on key issues 1

  lack of political courage and naval judgement 1

  lack of man management skills 1

  forbids N to take his flagship to England 1

  inadequate direction of the Mediterranean naval offensive 1

  falls out with his captains 1

  Channel command 1, 2

  Kennedy, Paul: The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery 1

  Kent 1

  Kent, Duchess of 1

  Kentish Town, London 1

  King’s Deep 1, 2, 3

  Kioge Bay 1, 2, 3

  Kitchener, Lord 1

  Kite (brig) 1

  Knight, Admiral 1, 2

  Knight, Richard Payne 1

  Knights of Malta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Korda, Alexander 1, 2, 3

  Kronborg 1, 2, 3

  La Hougue 1

  La Spezia 1, 2

  La Vera Cruz 1

  Lady Hamilton (film) 1, 2, 3

  Laforey, Captain 1

  Lagos, battle of (1759) 1

  Lagos Bay 1

  Lake Nicaragua 1

  Landseer, Sir Edwin 1

  Latona 1

  Latouche–Tréville, Louis Vassor, Admiral Vicomte de 1, 2, 3, 4

  Laughton, Professor John Knox 1, 2, 3

  The Nelson Memorial: Nelson and his Companions in Arms 1

  Layman, Captain 1

  Leach, Admiral Sir Henry 1

  Leander, HMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Leeward Islands 1, 2, 3

  Leghorn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  evacuation 1

  close blockade of 1, 2, 3

  operation abandoned 1

  Anglo–Portuguese squadron secures 1

  Troubridge sent to operate against 1

  recovered 1

  Bonaparte annexes 1

  Leigh, Vivien 1, 2

  Leopold, Prince 1

  Levant, The 1

  Leviathan 1, 2

  Ley den 1, 2

  Liguria 1

  Lille 1

  Lindholm (aide de camp) 1, 2

  Linzee, Commodore 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lion, HMS 1, 2

  Lisbon 1, 2

  Little Lucy 1

  Lively, HMS 1

  Liverpool 1

  Livingstone, Ken 1

  Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund 1, 2

  Loano 1

  Lock, Consul Charles 1, 2, 3

  Locker, Captain William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Locker, Edward Hawke 1, 2

  Lombardy 1

  London 1

  London, HMS 1

  London Chamber of Commerce 1

  Londonderry, Lady 1

  Lord Nelson 1

  Louis, Rear Admiral Thomas 1, 2, 3

  Trafalgar 1, 2, 3, 4

  Louis XIV, King 1

  Louisiana 1

  Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques de: Glorious First of June 1

  Louvre, Paris 1

  Lovewell, Thomas 1

  Low Countries 1, 2

  Lowestoffe, HMS 1, 2

  Lucas, Captain Jean–Jacques 1

  Ludlow 1

  Lukacs, John 1

  Lutwidge, Admiral Skeffington 1, 2

  Lyons, Edmund 1

  McArthur, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  McArthur family 1

  Mack, General 1, 2, 3, 4

  Maclise, Daniel 1, 2

  Maddalena Islands 1, 2

  Madeira 1

  Madrid 1

  Magon, Rear Admiral Charles 1

  Mahan, Captain Alfred Thayer 1

  Life of Nelson 1, 2, 3, 4

  Mahon 1

  Maillebois, Marshal de 1

  Majestic 1, 2, 3, 4

  Malmesbury, Lord 1

  Malta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  French install garrison 1

  fall of 1

  blockade of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  N blocks Russian schemes to seize the island 1

  Ball’s chief command ashore 1, 2

  N requests troops from Minorca 1, 2

  French attempts to supply the garrison 1

  battle with last of French fleet 1

  N visits on his way home 1

  Britain accepts surrender of 1

  and Treaty of Amiens 1

  British base 1

  Tsar Alexander’s demand 1

  protecting 1

  Mamelukes 1

  Mansion House, London 1

  Man, Rear Admiral 1, 2, 3, 4

  Mantua, siege of 1

  Marengo, battle of 1

  Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Marie Antoinette, Queen of France 1, 2

  Maritimo 1

  Markham, Admiral 1

  Marlborough 1

  Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of 1

  Mars 1, 2, 3, 4

  Marseilles 1

  blockade of 1, 2

  sack of 1

  Martinique 1, 2

  Matcham, Catherine 1

  Matra, James 1

  Mazzaredo, Admiral 1

  medical care 1

  Mediterranean

  British Government begins to focus on 1

  convoys 1

  reoccupation of 1

  a more substantial force sent to 1

  French domination 1

  Nelson in 1

  Mediterranean Fleet 1

  Medusa, HMS 1, 2, 3

  Medway River 1, 2, 3

  Melpomene 1, 2

  Melville, Hermann 1

  Melville, Lord 1, 2

  ‘Memorandum on the Defence of the Thames Estuary etc.’ 1

  Mercure 1

  Merton, Surrey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Messina 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Micheroux, Chevalier 1, 2

  Middle Ground 1

  Middleton, Admiral Sir Charles 1, 2, 3

  Milan: allied council of war 1

  Miles, Commander Jeaffreson: Vindication 1

  Milford 1

  Miller, Captain Ralph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  battle of the Nile 1, 2

  Minden, battle of (1759) 1

  Minerve (frigate) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Minorca 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

  Minotaur 1, 2

  Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Civil Commissioner in Toulon 1

  and Corsica 1, 2, 3, 4

  view of D’Aubant 1

  reports French advance on Sardinia 1

  always short of money and troops 1

  Elba seized 1

  abandoned Leghorn operation 1

  N admires his political ability 1, 2

  and N’s Order of the Bath 1

  and House of Lords vote of thanks to N 1

  and Emma Hamilton 1

  and telescope incident 1

  and N as the British deterrent 1

  Modena 1

  Moira, Lord 1

  Mole, Tenerife 1, 2

  Monachique fort 1

  Monarch 1, 2

  Monmouth 1

  Monmouth 1

  Monteciesco battery, Corsica 1, 2

  Montpelier 1

  Montserrat 1

  Moore, Lieutenant–Colonel John 1

  Moorsom, Captain Robert 1

  Morning Chronicle 1, 2

  Morning Post 1

  Mornington, Governor General Lord 1

  Morocco, Emperor of 1

  Moseley, Dr 1

  Mosse, Captain 1

  Moubray, Captain 1

  Moutray, Commissioner 1, 2

  Moutray, Mary 1, 2, 3, 4

  Mozzelle fort, Corsica 1, 2

  Murray, George in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Murray, John 1

  Mutine (a brig) 1, 2, 3

  Mysore 1

  Namur, HMS 1

  Nancy 1

  Naples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Troubridge sent ashore 1

  described 1

  capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1

  Emma Hamilton’s ‘attitudes’ 1

  evacuation 1, 2

  N instructed to secure 1

  N’s obsession with 1

  strategic importance 1

  N’s welcome in 1, 2

  treachery and cowardice in 1

  new Partheopaean Republic (1799) 1, 2

  close blockade 1, 2, 3

  defence of 1

  N secures 1

  sloth of 1

  makes peace with Bonaparte 1

  feebleness 1

  intelligencemissions 1

  protecting 1

  Naples, King of 1

  Naples–Gibraltar–Toulon triangle 1

  Naples Bay 1

  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Italian campaign (1796) 1, 2, 3

  invasion plans 1, 2, 3

  advocates turning to the Levant 1

  planned Indian conquest 1, 2, 3

  escapes from Egypt 1

  Austria and Naples make peace with him 1

  favourite negotiating technique 1

  moves his troops to the Channel 1

  Generalissimo of the Army of Invasion 1

  N on 1

  his demands on the Swiss 1

  uses Peace of Amiens 1

  sells Louisiana 1

  becomes Emperor 1

  failure of his grand naval strategy 1

  orders for the fleet to sail (Trafalgar) 1

  downfall of 1

  Napoleonic wars 1

  National Gallery of Marine Paintings, Greenwich 1

  National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1

 

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