Nelson Lecture Series at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Members may be interested in the Nelson Lecture Series at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich: from Wednesday 6 April 2022
Each lecture will be held in the Queen Mary Undercroft, (underneath the Chapel), from 7pm-8pm, with an opportunity to visit the newly refurbished Nelson Room and Painted […]
HMS Invincible: final report
The Nelson Society was pleased to support the excavation of HMS Invincible. We have recently received the final report on the project.
NELSON LETTER A FORGERY
NELSON LETTER A FORGERY
It was announced in today’s Daily Mail that a letter written by Lord Nelson, to wealthy slave owner Simon Taylor in 1805, had been forged by the anti-abolitionist movement to support its case against the abolition of slavery. That article by Martyn Downer draws on research undertaken in conjunction with The […]
Pickle Night USA
The Society has been notified of the following Pickle Night celebrations which members may wish to support.
American Friends of the National Museum of the Royal Navy cordially invite you to attend
New York City Pickle Night
Join this Virtual Live Event
Thursday, November 5, 2020. Streaming live at 6pm EST.
HMS Invincible – Further Update
Members will be interested in the following update on the HMS Invincible excavation, which the Society has been pleased to support.
Nelson and the Slave Trade: A Position Statement by The Nelson Society
THE NELSON SOCIETY
President: The Hon Peregrine Nelson Hood
Nelson and the Slave Trade: A Position Statement by The Nelson Society
Nelson and the Slave Trade: A Position Statement […]
Anna Tribe
HMS INVINCIBLE Update
Members will be interested in the following update on the HMS Invincible excavation, which the Society has been pleased to support.
The Neston Collieries, 1759-1855: An Industrial Revolution in Rural Cheshire
Members may be interested in the following email The Society has received from Anthony Annakin-Smith:
“I wondered if you would be kind enough to bring to your members’ attention a book to be published by the University of Chester, written by myself, which amongst other things discusses Emma Hamilton’s paternal family (father Henry, uncle Thomas and […]
NELSON BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The books listed below have come from Beryl Whipp a former long serving member of the Society.
Many of the books listed are second hand or indeed perhaps third hand with some in a very good condition, others only in a good/reasonable condition and a further group which are in poor condition.
Books are hardback unless […]
The Immortal and the Hero: Nelson and Wellington
The Society has been contacted by Commodore Richard Lord CBE RN (Rtd) with the following invitation to members:
“I wondered if you might make your members living in the Salisbury aware of this event in support of Alabare’s work with veterans.
The idea for this fundraiser topic came from a paper by Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval […]
The Nelson Garden Annual Lecture
Members may be interested in The Nelson Garden Annual Lecture on Thursday 24th October 2019
The lecture is not an event organised by The Nelson Society
Sea Fever 3: A Nelson Extravaganza
Members may interested in the
North Norfolk’s Festival of Poetry + Prose, Sea Fever 3: A Nelson Extravaganza
to be staged at Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea on Friday, October 18
Details of the programme can be found by clicking on this link
Please note this […]
Bath and Admiral Nelson
Last year The Nelson Society, with Bath World Heritage, introduced the hugely successful ‘Nelson Trail’, a walk around Bath hi-lighting the people and places connected with Admiral Lord Nelson during his many stays in the City. Now, to further support the Trail, the Nelson Society has published a new guide book ‘Bath and Admiral […]
Nelson Garden Party 2019
Members may be interested in The Nelson Garden Party in Monmouth. The Nelson Garden Team has done a great job in returning it to be very close to how it was when Nelson and the Hamiltons visited.
Please note that this is not an event organised by […]
Can You Help? – Jubilee Sailing Trust Emergency Appeal
Emergency Appeal