The 1805 Dispatches #21.02 April 2021 3 of 4 Always remember to keep an eye on The Trafalgar Way at www.thetrafalgarway.org It contains a fascinating series of articles by Bill White, about how TTW came into existence. Go to https://mailchi.mp/ thetrafalgarway/how-thetrafalgar-way-came-about The copy deadline for the autumn Kedge Anchor is 21 September 2021 Please never hesitate to offer articles for publication in KA, whoever you are. The Long And Short Of It As was heard on "Have I Got News for You", BBC2 on 16 March, some tourists have been complaining about the lack of headroom on visiting HMS Victory. Yet they've been to Trafalgar Square and are amazed how tall Nelson is. The Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) The third episode in the Mariner’s Mirror Podcast special series on the Battle of Cape St Vincent, broadcast on 14 February 2021, offers a Spanish perspective on this most extraordinary battle provided by Dr. Agustín Guimerá and Dr. Pablo Ortega-del-Cerro, both from the Spanish National Research Centre in Madrid. Dr Guimerá, a member and Vice President of The 1805 Club, offers an analysis of the battle from the Spanish perspective. Dr Ortega-del-Cerro reads out an extract from the logbook of the Principe de Asturias, the �lagship of Vice-Admiral Moreno, and certainly the best Spanish accounts of the battle. Both contributions are presented in English and then repeated in Spanish. If you want to enjoy it, go to: MM Podcast 14Feb Changing the Club In the spring edition of The Kedge Anchor wewill be announcing the proposal, to be put before the AGM in May, to change the legal status of The 1805 Club. Do You Have Naval Ancestors? We are interesting in hearing from anyone, member or not, worldwide, if they have ancestors in one of the world’s navies in the Georgian era (1714-1837). We would like information on who they were, their rank, where they served, which theatre of war if applicable, any actions in which they took part, what happened to them, etc. Any information provided will be added, with your permission, to our vast resource of naval history that is gradually being collated into a form that will eventually be accessible to researchers online. Do not let your ancestors be forgotten! Nelson Was In Favour Of Inoculation On 25 Feb 2021 RMG posted on their website: ‘A letter from Admiral Lord Nelson to his lover Emma Hamilton written soon after the birth of their daughter sheds light on early attitudes to vaccination. Admiral Lord Nelson’s tacit support for vaccination has been revealed in a letter found at Royal Museums Greenwich. In the letter, Nelson encourages his lover Emma Hamilton to consider ‘inoculating’ their six-month-old daughter Horatia against smallpox. “Yesterday, the subject turned on the cow-pox,” Nelson says in the letter kept in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. “A gentleman declared, that his child was inoculated with the cow-pox; and afterwards remained in a house where a child has the small-pox the natural way, anddidnot catch it,” he writes. The letter, dated 31 July 1801, was written just three years after Edward Jenner had published the �irst edition of his workAn Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. For more information, go to: RMG Nelson and Inoculation ORNC Nelson Room The Nelson Room at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, is to be refurbished and consideration is being given as to whether The 1805 Club can be involved in this work in some way. Nelson’s Wedding Anniversary 11 March 2021, marked the 234th anniversary of the marriage at Montpelier House, in the parish of St John Figtree on the island of Nevis, of Captain Horatio Nelson Royal Navy, Captain of His Majesty's ShipBOREAS, to Mrs Frances Nisbet, widow of an island physician. The union was conducted by the bride's uncle, the island President John Richardson Herbert, and was witnessed by HRH Prince William Royal Navy, Captain of His Majesty's ShipPEGASUS. The good news associated with this is that the work on the conservation of the Church Register of St John Figtree, Nevis, that records this historic event has been able to recommence. Please visit the website of The 1805 Club, where you will �ind all you want to know about us and where there are links to over sixty organisations, museums and societies, together with links to academic opportunities for study courses. And don’t miss the ‘On This Day’ feature that follows the callendar but is also available, through a link, for the whole year – handy for when you are planning celebrations! https://www.1805club.org
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