tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post3173281957431484892..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Give a Man a Good Ship and He Can Do Extraordinary ThingsCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-35060714664032526212015-07-29T08:29:57.971+01:002015-07-29T08:29:57.971+01:00Wow, this is a lot of great information. Thanks K...Wow, this is a lot of great information. Thanks Katherine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751890620051643771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-82146476827207084652015-07-21T23:35:27.971+01:002015-07-21T23:35:27.971+01:00Ooh!!! Thank you so much! I have heard of it, Lady...Ooh!!! Thank you so much! I have heard of it, Lady Sarah! Woot!!! ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-75750223576929958282015-07-21T23:35:00.759+01:002015-07-21T23:35:00.759+01:00So true, Lady Julia! Thank you for posting. I'...So true, Lady Julia! Thank you for posting. I'm always amazed at the mores of the period, what was allowed, what was frowned on. I think that is what's so interesting about the Napoleonic War era, don't you? <br /><br />My research into Fanny has led me to feel very sorry for the way she was publicly wronged, even though the public held her in high esteem. I also see where the Admiralty's hands were tied as well. ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-84403900110145957572015-07-21T23:18:44.040+01:002015-07-21T23:18:44.040+01:00It's Ipswich, Suffolk....It's Ipswich, Suffolk.... Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-24169272786091664412015-07-21T20:44:04.467+01:002015-07-21T20:44:04.467+01:00Lady Rachel, thank you so much for stopping by tod...Lady Rachel, thank you so much for stopping by today! Woo-hoo!!! Isn't this era packed with goodness? ;)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-74605969497643236122015-07-21T20:43:28.106+01:002015-07-21T20:43:28.106+01:00Ahoy, Lady Deborah! Thanks for your kind words!!! ...Ahoy, Lady Deborah! Thanks for your kind words!!! <br /><br />I'm all about bringin' on the smiles. The one reason they didn't pickle Nelson in rum was the men needed to drink it and would riot if they couldn't. LOL!!! And if I remember correctly, the term "Top it off" came from drinking a snippet of brandy from the very cask Nelson's body was picked in. Blech!<br /><br />Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-74677053392214903082015-07-21T20:36:15.423+01:002015-07-21T20:36:15.423+01:00Woe!!! You live in a very cool place, Lady Sarah! ...Woe!!! You live in a very cool place, Lady Sarah! Luv hearing about it! The Lord Nelson pub sounds awesome! I'm going to have to look these up. Thanks so much for sharin' this with me!!!Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-83189428050515824602015-07-21T20:23:01.274+01:002015-07-21T20:23:01.274+01:00I always thought he got "short-ended" ti...I always thought he got "short-ended" title-wise. It was too bad he was killed that day at Trafalgar. He was brilliant. However, even though it might be "ever so romantic" to be the true love of a hero, he still had a faithful, legal wife. Mistresses and love children might get money if the gentleman had put some aside at his solicitor's to be given to her separately in the event of his death. However, the family was never to know.Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-1862738743052026802015-07-21T19:33:50.666+01:002015-07-21T19:33:50.666+01:00Thanks, Katherine. What a wonderful post! I love...Thanks, Katherine. What a wonderful post! I love this era.Rachel Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348436516978470105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-17572424001255050002015-07-21T17:00:13.567+01:002015-07-21T17:00:13.567+01:00Excellent post! Even after so many years, Nelson&...Excellent post! Even after so many years, Nelson's story continues to captivate and bring forth heightened emotions. I found comfort in knowing he got word the enemy surrendered before he died. And the fact that his men pickled him in brandy made me smile. Yet it saddened me to learn that Emma and Horatia were treated so poorly. May you have much continued success, Lady Katherine! Deborah O'Neill Cordeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428924556722911763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-16600604012212094722015-07-21T15:44:46.710+01:002015-07-21T15:44:46.710+01:00Enchanted, Lady Katherine!
In spitting distance of...Enchanted, Lady Katherine!<br />In spitting distance of me are Nelson Rd, Trafalgar Close [the Trafalgar pub is now a private house], Victory Road and Roundwood Road, where once stood Roundwood House. Near the docks is the pub The Lord Nelson which was renamed to commemorate a local hero around about the time of Trafalgar, though I'm not sure what it had been called for the previous 200 or more years. We also have a Girl Guiding district division of Hamilton District.Also, I was born in Beccles, where Nelson's family is honoured in St Michael's church. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-69070589315939660402015-07-21T14:31:13.442+01:002015-07-21T14:31:13.442+01:00Thank you so much for the warm welcome, Lady Cathe...Thank you so much for the warm welcome, Lady Catherine! I had so much fun writing this post!!! :DKatherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-76846755173724727582015-07-21T14:29:28.476+01:002015-07-21T14:29:28.476+01:00Ahoy, Lady Sarah! It grieves me that Lady Hamilton...Ahoy, Lady Sarah! It grieves me that Lady Hamilton was written off after Nelson died. Fanny was devoted to him throughout her life and deserved credit, but Emma was his heart and soul. Devastating and tragic what she went through, not even being able to attend his funeral. And poor Horatia received nothing from him. Their love story, with respect to Fanny, is the story of legend.<br /><br />Nelson did reinvent battle tactics of the times. Huzzah! That's what fascinates me so much about him. That he could put a spyglass to his blind eye then do the right thing, what his gut told him to do. <br /><br />Enjoy hearing that you live near where Emma lived and that Nelson is revered as a hero where you live. Woo-hoo!!! Thanks for commenting today, Lady Sarah! ;)<br />Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-32104327678586743202015-07-21T11:05:08.546+01:002015-07-21T11:05:08.546+01:00Emma Hamilton lived near to where I do for a while...Emma Hamilton lived near to where I do for a while at least, and so Nelson is a local hero around here... the primary school I attended was said to have been haunted by her. Such a massive two day funeral for him, and yet his final wishes of taking care of Emma Hamilton were not honoured by the government. I suspect he'd rather have gone over the standing part of the foresheet like any other sailor, so long as Emma was looked after. <br />His tactics superseded tactics previously determined in the 3rd Dutch war in the 17th century, when we won because the Line of Battle was invented. Nelson's greatness was in finding a way to break the Line of Battle. And in inspiring others in the belief that it was possible to overcome a tactic that had been successful for 150 years. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com