The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio ... the Admiral than any portrait, herself arranged a lock of hair as he always wore it. Unfortunately it appears ...

Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal uncle.