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17 de feb. de 2011 · Horatio Nelson first met Lady Hamilton on 12 September 1793. He was a 35-year-old post captain and she was the 28-year-old wife of Sir William Hamilton, the British Envoy to Naples.
10 de may. de 2024 · Horatio Nelson, British naval commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, who won crucial victories at the Battles of the Nile (1798) and of Trafalgar (1805), where he was killed. In private life he was known for his extended love affair with Emma, Lady Hamilton, while both were married.
3 de nov. de 2022 · The love affair was a passionate and enduring one that scandalised high society as both were married and Nelson was a household name, thanks to his heroic exploits in the British Royal Navy. Lord Nelson met the Hamiltons in Naples in 1793, where Sir William was stationed as British Ambassador.
Most everyone in English high society seemed to know about the affair that Horatio Nelson, Vice Admiral of the British Fleet, was carrying on with Emma, Lady Hamilton, a striking beauty—and...
2 de feb. de 2023 · Lady Emma Hamilton and Lord Horatio Nelson enjoyed a very public love affair with the relationship illuminated by a rare document which will come up for auction in Edinburgh next week. PIC:...
Emma and Sir William became close friends of the Royal Family of Naples when they returned, and it was in this year that Emma met Nelson for the first time. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson By now Emma had become quite ‘plump’ and had lost her superb figure, but she still remained a great beauty.
After the party, Emma became Nelson's secretary, translator and political facilitator. They soon fell in love and began an affair. Hamilton showed admiration and respect for Nelson, and vice versa; the affair was tolerated. By November, gossip from Naples about their affair reached the English newspapers. Emma Hamilton and Horatio ...
