Within this website you will find the story of the life and times of Lord Nelson and those most closely associated with one of the greatest sea-officers in history.
The story is an epic adventure into history that started in a remote Norfolk village and ended in victory at the biggest naval battle the world had ever seen. Nelson threw the rule-books away, defied his superiors and scandalised Georgian society but, even so, still drew the respect, admiration and devotion of those who served under his command and of the British nation as a whole.
Calendar
Visit to Malta
Nelson Society Visit to Buckler’s Hard
The Nile Luncheon and Lecture
Nelson’s Birthday Lunch and Lecture
Trafalgar Weekend
Pickle Night Dinner
The Society’s most recent project has been to provide significant funding to and curation of the ‘Nelson Map Room’, just outside the Lord Nelson Public House in Burnham Thorpe. This facility is proving to[...]
In 2018 the Society contributed towards the creation of a copy of a portrait of Nelson by the Italian artist Guzzardi. The original of the portrait hangs in the Admiralty Boardroom in London but[...]
Two French ships managed to escape the Battle of Nile. One of those was ‘Le Genereux’. That ship was subsequently caught in 1800 and the flag of that ship was presented by Nelson to[...]
In 2017 the Society worked in conjunction with UNESCO World Heritage Group in creating a ‘Nelson Trail’ for the City of Bath, which has numerous connections to Nelson and his navy. The development of[...]
Between 2002 and 2004 the Society helped fund archaeological excavations on Nelson’s Island in Aboukir Bay, Egypt where a number of the dead from the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 were buried,[...]
