"Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, and the Nelson Monument in Edinburgh, have been created in his memory and his legacy remains highly influential. Horatio Nelson was born on 29 September 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine Suckling. He was named after his godfather Horatio Walpole (1723–1809) then 2nd Baron Walpole, of Wolterton. His mother, who died on 26 December 1767, when he was nine years old, was a great-niece of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, the ""de facto"" first Prime Minister"
"'Gresham's' and the 'Imperial Hotel' "". A few years later, the monument was a source of pride to some citizens, who dubbed it ""Dublin's Glory"" when Queen Victoria visited the city in 1849. Between 1840 and 1843 Nelson's Column was erected in London's Trafalgar Square. With an overall height of it was taller than its Dublin equivalent and, at £47,000, much more costly to erect. It has no internal staircase or viewing platform. The London column was the subject of an attack during the Fenian dynamite campaign in May 1884, when a quantity of explosives was placed at its base"
"at Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square. On the opposite side of Church Street from the memorial is the Old Vicarage, built around 1785. The two beech trees at the entrance were planted in 1792. Next to the vicarage is Shuckburgh House which dates from around 1773. The other surviving cob thatched cottage can be found at the southern end of High Street. Naseby Naseby is a village in the District of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687. The village is 14 mi (22.5 km) north of Northampton, 13.3 mi"
"in the square. In July 1840, when its foundations had been laid, he told a parliamentary select committee that ""it would in my opinion be desirable that the area should be wholly free from all insulated objects of art"". In 1940 the Nazi SS developed secret plans to transfer Nelson's Column to Berlin after an expected German invasion, as related by Norman Longmate in ""If Britain Had Fallen"" (1972). The square has been Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens since 1996. A major 18-month redevelopment of the square led by W.S. Atkins with Foster and"
"Wellington's Column Wellington's Column, or the Waterloo Memorial, is a monument to the Duke of Wellington standing on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. After the Duke's death in 1852, in common with other cities, Liverpool decided to erect a monument to celebrate his achievements. A committee was established to organise public subscriptions, but the money was slow to come in. A competition was set up in 1856 to find a designer for the column, and this"
"Memorial and Royal Albert Hall in Kensington. Nelson's Column is a nationally recognised monument in Trafalgar Square, one of the focal points of central London. Older buildings are mainly brick built, most commonly the yellow London stock brick or a warm orange-red variety, often decorated with carvings and white plaster mouldings. In the dense areas, most of the concentration is via medium- and high-rise buildings. London's skyscrapers, such as 30 St Mary Axe, Tower 42, the Broadgate Tower and One Canada Square, are mostly in the two financial districts, the City of London and Canary Wharf. High-rise development is restricted"
"Tenantry Column The Tenantry Column is a monument to the south of Alnwick town centre, in Northumberland, England. The Doric column is tall and topped by the Percy Lion, symbol of the historic Percy family. It was designed by the Newcastle architect David Stephenson and erected as thanks to the second Duke of Northumberland, by tenants of the Duke in 1816, following a reduction by the Duke in their rents. This is some 24 years before Nelson's Column was erected. Buried in a cavity in the foundations is the regimental roll of the late Percy Tenantry volunteers, written on vellum"
"and sealed in a glass tube. Tenantry Column The Tenantry Column is a monument to the south of Alnwick town centre, in Northumberland, England. The Doric column is tall and topped by the Percy Lion, symbol of the historic Percy family. It was designed by the Newcastle architect David Stephenson and erected as thanks to the second Duke of Northumberland, by tenants of the Duke in 1816, following a reduction by the Duke in their rents. This is some 24 years before Nelson's Column was erected. Buried in a cavity in the foundations is the regimental roll of the late"
"outpouring of grief. Nelson was accorded a state funeral and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral. A number of monuments and memorials were constructed across the country to honour his memory. The period of British dominance of the seas that his victories were considered to have ushered in led to a continued drive to create monuments in his name across the British Empire. These have taken many forms. The monumental Nelson's Column (built in 1840s) and the surrounding Trafalgar Square are notable locations in London to this day, and Nelson's funerary monument can be found in the south transept of"
"Nelson's Column, Montreal Nelson's Column () is a monument erected in 1809 in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which is dedicated to the memory of Admiral Horatio Nelson, following his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Subsequent to the destruction of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin (1808–1966), Montreal's pillar now stands as the second-oldest ""Nelson's Column"" in the world, after the Nelson Monument in Glasgow. It is also the city's oldest monument and is the oldest war monument in Canada. Since neither the French Revolution nor Napoleon had been popular among the French in Montreal, and contrary to later belief, the"
"of the tower in such a manner as showing ""a complete lack of respect"" and a ""disgrace"" and retailers can now be fined up to €500 for selling items promoting the tower as a penis. Nelson's Column, a monument to Admiral Horatio Nelson, was erected by a grateful nation between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. However the Nelson Memorial Committee ran out of money, having only raised £20,485 in public subscriptions. The column is Corinthian with a granite shaft. In his poem ""A Ballad of the Good Lord Nelson"", Lawrence Durrell included the"
"criminal defence, public and international law. She then became a legal correspondent for ""The Guardian"". She has lived in Britain and Senegal, and served as ""The Guardian""s West Africa correspondent, based in Accra, Ghana. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Social Affairs and Education Editor at Sky News. In August 2017, in ""The Guardian"", Hirsch questioned whether Nelson's Column should remain in place, with the implication it might be removed. She argued that the London monument is a symbol of white supremacy because Horatio Nelson opposed the abolitionist movement. Not long afterward, the art historian and former museum director"
"knows it. When I was with Mr. Grissell, our ordinary business coming regularly from the large breweries and fire offices, and the work of our own connection with the architects, netted on the average £11,000 to £12,000 a year, and with only £50,000 capital engaged in that department.” Grissell and Peto went on to build many other well-known buildings in London, including the Reform Club, the Oxford & Cambridge Club, the Lyceum, St James's Theatre and Hungerford Market. In addition, they built Nelson's Column (1843) and the vast infrastructure project of the London Brick Sewer. As the demand for railways"
"year after his death in 1806. The Nelson Monument in Edinburgh was later constructed atop Calton Hill in Edinburgh between 1807 and 1816. The first monument in the British Empire to be funded by popular subscription was Nelson's Column, Montreal, on August 17, 1809. In October 1809, the first monument to be funded by public subscription in Great Britain was erected in Birmingham. The statue of Nelson in Birmingham was the first to be erected in Nelson's honour in Great Britain. It was sculpted by Richard Westmacott and is currently a Grade II* listed building. Westmacott also sculpted memorials in"
"paid for by the company of after arriving back in Portsmouth. There is a column topped with a decorative urn in the Castle Green, Hereford – a statue was planned in place of the urn, but insufficient money was raised. The Britannia Monument, Great Yarmouth, England (1819) is a 144 feet high doric column design. Elsewhere in the world, Nelson's Column in Montreal was erected by both British and Canadian citizens in 1809, and there is also a Mount Nelson, near Invermere, British Columbia. As at London, the column in Montreal has the admiral standing with his back to the"
"It contained four of the city's Westminster MPs, alongside other city notables including Arthur Guinness, the son of the brewery founder. The committee's initial tasks were to decide precisely what form the monument should take and where it should be put. They had also to raise the funds to pay for it. At its first meeting the Nelson committee established a public subscription, and early in 1806 invited artists and architects to submit design proposals for a monument. No specifications were provided, but the contemporary European vogue in commemorative architecture was for the classical form, typified by Trajan's Column in"
"to being unsafe, as it is now in a derelict state. The column can be viewed at close quarters from the public footpath running from Admiral's Crest in Scholes. Keppel's Column Keppel's Column is a tower Grade II* listed building between Wentworth and Kimberworth in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Keppel's Column is one of several follies in and around Wentworth Woodhouse park; the others include Hoober Stand and Needle's Eye. The column was built in the late-18th century to commemorate the acquittal of the court-martialled Admiral Augustus Keppel after the Battle of Ushant. It was commissioned in 1773 by Charles"
"Britannia Monument in Great Yarmouth was raised by 1819. Nelson's Column, Montreal began public subscriptions soon after news of the victory at Trafalgar arrived; the column was completed in the autumn of 1809 and still stands in Place Jacques Cartier. London's Trafalgar Square was named in honour of Nelson's victory; at the centre of the square there is a column, Nelson's Column, with a statue of Nelson on top. It was finished in 1843. The statue of Lord Nelson in Bridgetown, Barbados, in what was also once known as Trafalgar Square, was erected in 1813. The disparity in losses has"
"John Ternouth John Ternouth (1796–1848) was an English sculptor of the early 19th century. His most notable work is one of the four panels at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square, depicting the Battle of Copenhagen. John Ternouth was descended from a family of Plymouth stonemasons. He was born in Andover, Hampshire, on 30 January 1796, and moved to London in around 1810. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1820 and later studied under Sir Francis Chantrey. While working in Chantrey's studio, he also built up a practice as a sculptor in his own name, making"
"towards the site of Waterloo - considered his greatest victory. Wellington's Column Wellington's Column, or the Waterloo Memorial, is a monument to the Duke of Wellington standing on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. After the Duke's death in 1852, in common with other cities, Liverpool decided to erect a monument to celebrate his achievements. A committee was established to organise public subscriptions, but the money was slow to come in. A competition was set up in"
"Trafalgar Square, London. His winning design – a simple Corinthian column topped with a statue of Nelson – was constructed between 1839 and 1842; the lions on the base, although part of the original plan, were not added until 1867. Railton exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1829 and 1851. He built nothing after 1850. He lived at 65 Onslow Square, Kensington, in the later part of his life, and died on 13 October 1877, while visiting Brighton. William Railton William Railton (1800–77) was an English architect, best known as the designer of Nelson's Column. He was based in London,"
"emerged from ""The Magdala"" in South Hill Park, Hampstead, the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside. It is said that Vladimir Lenin and a young Joseph Stalin met in the ""Crown and Anchor"" pub (now known as ""The Crown Tavern"") on Clerkenwell Green when the latter was visiting London in 1903. The Angel, Islington was formerly a coaching inn, the first on the Great North Road, the main route northwards out of London, where Thomas Paine is believed to have written much of ""The Rights of Man"". It was mentioned by Charles Dickens, became a Lyons"
"was still at work on the relief, he found it necessary to publicly rebut rumours that he had died. The plaster relief was ready by June 1848, and Prince Albert visited Ternouth’s studio to inspect it on 1 July 1848. He died of typhus on 13 December 1848 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. John Ternouth John Ternouth (1796–1848) was an English sculptor of the early 19th century. His most notable work is one of the four panels at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square, depicting the Battle of Copenhagen. John Ternouth was descended from a"
"William Railton William Railton (1800–77) was an English architect, best known as the designer of Nelson's Column. He was based in London, with offices at 12 Regent Street for much of his career. He was born in Clapham (then in Surrey) on 14 May 1800, the son of Isaac Railton and his wife, Margaret Maria Railton, née Scott. He was a pupil of the London architect and surveyor William Inwood. In 1825 Railton set off for a tour of Greece and Egypt. On his return to England he prepared for publication some drawings he had made of the remains of"
"1921. It was listed in 1954 and is now a Grade 2* listed structure. War monuments of this type and height are rare and it is thought that the design was inspired by the Coke Column or Leicester Monument which is located at the relatively close Holkham estate in Norfolk. Perhaps in an act of one-up-manship, the Thetford monument is slightly taller than its close by companion but out of tact is shorter than Nelson's Column in London ( ) It is close to the A11, where there is a lay-by which can be used to visit the site. Elveden"
"Nelson, Lancashire Nelson is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 29,135 in 2011. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burnley on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution, but has today lost much of its industry and is characterised by pockets of severe deprivation and some of the lowest house prices in the country. An Iron Age hillfort called Castercliff is on a hill to the east of the town. The area was historically known as Marsden. The modern"
"the Underground Station itself) and the Southern parts are in Chelsea. Brompton, London Brompton is an area located near the district of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It is roughly defined by a triangle formed by the Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road/Brompton Road/Cromwell Road, and Walton Street/Fulham Road. Charles Dickens, Jr. (eldest child of Charles Dickens) wrote in his 1879 book ""Dickens's Dictionary of London"" that ""[Brompton] was at one time almost exclusively the artist quarter and is still largely frequented by the votaries of the brush and chisel, though of late years Belgravia has"
"St Paul's Cathedral. There are three great collections of items that belonged to him, or were made to commemorate him that are still visible today: at the Royal Naval Museum in HMNB Portsmouth, at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich and in the Lloyd's building in the heart of London. Also at Portsmouth, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, is preserved; on the quarterdeck, a small brass plaque with the inscription ""Here Nelson fell 21st Oct 1805"" records the place where Nelson was shot. The first large monument to Nelson was the tall Nelson Monument on Glasgow Green erected less than a"
"Nelson Leader The Nelson Leader is a weekly newspaper published every Friday for readers in the town of Nelson in Pendle, east Lancashire. England. It is edited from the 'Leader-Times' series of newspapers' offices in Nelson. The other newspapers in the 'Leader-Times' series are: the Colne Times and Barnoldswick and Earby Times, all of which are published every Friday. Usually the first few pages of editorial in the various editions differ to target news for each area, with the rest the same. The ""Nelson Leader"" was first published in 1900. The other local newspapers, the Colne Times and Barnoldswick and"
"Nelson's Island Nelson's Island is an island located in Abū Qīr Bay, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. It is a local site for picnics and recreation, and is the location of a group of British graves dating from the Napoleonic Wars. It was named after Horatio Nelson, the famous British admiral. In 2000, Italian archaeologist Dr. Paolo Gallo discovered a series of graves on the island. Further digging and research (in collaboration with British historian Nick Slope) determined that the graves dated from the 1798 Battle of the Nile, and another land battle in 1801. The remains of British"
"London, with a chosen focus on Ridley Road Market in Dalston, East London. The exhibition ‘Lucinda Rogers: On Gentrification — Drawings from Ridley Road Market’ ran from 28 October 2017 to 25 March 2018. An exhibition of Rogers drawings of the Snape Maltings arts centre and surrounding area of Aldeburgh, Suffolk was shown from 8 September to 23 December 2018. Lucinda Rogers Lucinda Rogers is an English illustrator and artist. Rogers is widely known as an illustrator of newspaper columns, including Jonathan Meades' ""A Sense of Place"" in ""The Times"", and the ""Weasel"" column written by Christopher Hirst, Alexander Chancellor"
"as part of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. The Column will also be open in 2016 thanks to the Friends of Lord Hill`s Column Lord Hill's Column Lord Hill's Column, outside the Shirehall (Shropshire Council's headquarters), is one of the most notable landmarks of the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The tallest Doric column in England, standing at , it commemorates Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, with a tall statue standing on the top of the column - the column is shorter than the 44.5m 'Monument to British Liberty' at Gibside, but the overall height of the column"
"with the words ""Nelson"" on the base of the statue. The words ""Fell at Trafalgar 1805"" are ingraved in slate on the west side of the plinth and repeated in welsh on the east side. On the south side is a slate engraved with ""England expects that every man will do his duty"". The view from this position is of the Menai Strait, which Nelson was reputed to have described as """"one of the most treacherous stretches of sea in the world."""" There is also the Nelson memorial in Swarland, Northumberland which was raised as a private memorial of Nelson"