The Battle of Trafalgar
Today, the 21st October 2022 marks the 217 anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
While it was a battle in a time of many great sea battles and Nelson's last great victory, The Battle of Trafalgar was more than this. The Battle of Trafalgar marked the beginning of British Naval supremacy at sea and the decline of Napoleans' plans to rule land and sea. Which in turn led to further growth of the British Empire.
Horatio Nelson
After Nelson arrived back his body was placed in the Painted Hall, Greenwich before his funeral.
Nelson was hailed a hero and a funeral effigy was made of him, when Emma Hamilton saw this she is said to claim it was the best representation of him she had seen, maybe she failed to notice that they had got his eyes mixed up and given him the wrong blind eye.
For more on the restoration of the Westminster Effigies and their visit to St Thomas' Hospital.
Nelson was laid to rest in an extravagant sarcophagus originally constructed for Cardinal Wolsey, who ended up being buried in an unmarked grave following his fall from favour.
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