Nelson, Horatio, (1758-1805), 1st Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral

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Surname:	Nelson
Forenames:	Horatio
Gender:	Male
Date:	1758-1805
Title:	1st Viscount Nelson
Biography:	ODNB link for Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805) Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275181 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P163416 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Horatio Nelson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1793-1828: Mediterranean Despatches and Entry Books	The National Archives, Kew	CO 173
2	1801-1839: Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Original Artwork	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 345
3	corresp and papers	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	BRP GIR HAS MAM TRA AND/10-11 MON CRK STW WAL JOD/14 AGC/17-18 AGC/N	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
4	1762-1806: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34902-92, 35191, 36604-13, 40094-95, 43504, 46356
5	1780-1805: personal letters and official orders	National Museum of the Royal Navy		See Guide to the MS Collections of the Royal Naval Museum (1997), p.44
6	1786-1804: letters and papers (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 345, 356, 366, 376
7	1777-1805: corresp and papers (291 items)	Huntington Library		See Guide 1982
8	1780-1813: corresp, letter books, logs, papers	Nelson Museum and Local History Centre		NRA 35173
9	1780-1805: accounts and papers (15 vols)	Wellcome Collection	MSS.3667-81
10	1792-1805: log books, corresp with Lady Hamilton etc (250 items)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS See NUC MS 81-613
11	1781-1805: corresp (100 items) incl 38 items rel to the Battle of Copenhagen	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library	Smith naval collection	See Guide 1978 p129
12	1798-99: order book	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 30260
13	1780-1805: misc corresp and papers (23 items)	Karpeles Manuscript Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
14	1801: order book	Admiralty Library	MS 200	See HMC corresp file
15	1797-1805: letters (25) to Sir Edward Berry	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS 53/032	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
16	c1795-99: corresp with Joseph Brame	Shropshire Archives	112	NRA 26124 Noel-Hill
17	1793-97: letters (27) to Duke of Clarence	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	AGC/27	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
18	corresp with Sir George Cockburn	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	MSS16295	NRA 28001
19	1784-1805: corresp with Sir William Cornwallis	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	COR	See HMC [55] Various Collections VI
20	1787-1827: papers and letters to Alexander Davison	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28333; Eg MS 2240
21	1803-04: letters to Ross Donelly	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	SUT	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
22	1799: letters to Sir John Duckworth	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	SUT	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
23	1803-05: corresp with Hugh Elliot	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	ELL/301-08	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
24	1803: letters from Hugh Elliot	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 13049	NRA 10476 Minto
25	1799-1805: letters (copies) to Spiridion Foresti	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	Hawkins papers	NRA 10617 Hawkins
26	1799-1800: corresp with Sir Thomas Graham	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3598-3603 passim
27	1798-1805: letters (58) to Lady Hamilton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 1614
28	c1794-1805: corresp with Lord Hobart	Buckinghamshire Archives	D/MH	NRA 1
29	1794: corresp with Lord Hood	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	HOO	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
30	1800-01: letters (46) to Lord Keith	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	KEI/18/4	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
31	1804-05: letters (45) to Lord Melville	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD51	NRA 10188 Dundas
32	1787-1805: corresp with Sir Charles Middleton	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MID/1/130 2/32	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
33	1794-97: letters to Lord Minto	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	ELL/138	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
34	1799-1800: corresp with Frances Nelson	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive		See Accessions to Repositories 1985
35	1780-1802: letters (13) to Hercules Ross	National Museum of the Royal Navy	RNM 1983/1071	See Guide to the MS Collections of the Royal Naval Museum (1997)
36	1795-1804: letters (377) to Lord St Vincent	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	JER	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
37	1801-03: corresp with 1st Viscount Sidmouth	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	152M	NRA 8747 Addington
38	letters (35) to 2nd Earl Spencer	British Library, Manuscript Collections		NRA 10410 Spencer
39	letters (48)	United States Naval Academy Museum		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
40	1798-1802: records of the case arising between Lord Nelson and Benjamin Tucker	National Archives and Records Administration of United States of America		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
41	1798-1805: misc corresp (53 items)	United States Naval Academy Museum		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
42	1805: letter ordering Bibles and prayer book for his crew	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	ZBA4307	See Annual Return 2006
43	1805: letter to Vice Admiral Knight	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	REG05/000518	See Annual Return 2006

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Hamilton, Lady Emma, (1765-1815), model, dancer and actress	long-term relationship		Associative
2	Nelson, Frances Herbert, (1758-1831), Viscountess Nelson	spouse		Family