THE TRAFALGAR CHRONICLE Journal of The 1805 Club. No. 22, 2012 Editorial – Huw Lewis-Jones vi The President’s Dispatch– Admiral Sir Jonathon Band x The Chairman’s Dispatch– Peter Warwick xii Notes on Nelson’s Funeral: The River Procession – Colin White 1 The War of 1812 and the Defence of British Floating Trade – Andrew Lambert 12 Horatio Nelson, Weather Observer – Dennis Wheeler 27 The Lost Letters of Admiral Gardner – Francis Davey 41 An Undiplomatic Diplomat: Charles Lock and Lord Nelson – Anthony Twist 53 The Stormy Life and Strange Death of William Layman – John Sugden 68 Captain Cook and ‘Experimental Gentlemen’ – Glyn Williams 101 Family First: The Hilton Brothers at the Battle of Trafalgar – Tony Beales 113 French Representations of Napoleon in the British Museum – Charlotte Lepetoukha 129 ‘If You’re Reading This …’: Last Letters Home from the Napoleonic Wars – Siân Price 148 A Myth Too Many – Peter Hore 158 Lord Nelson on the Mind: Naval Victories and Cultural Memory in Nova Scotia – Keith Mercer 171 The Head Money Case of the Rayo – Mark West 192 Manning and Training the British Fleet before the Glorious First of June – Sam Willis 208 The Literary Assassins – Jacqui Livesey 219 Flaxman’s Monument to Nelson – Philip Ward-Jackson 234 In Nelson’s Wake: Sailing a Wooden Boat to Nelsonoya – William Stirling 248 Sailing on the Small Screen: The Royal Navy on Television, 1973-2011 – Jonathan Rayner 258 Nelson Now: A Question of Relevance – Joseph F. Callo 274 The Colin White Leadership Lecture, 2011 – Peter Warwick 281 Punishment in the French Wars: The Cecil Isaacson Lecture, 2012 – John Dacam 293 Contributors’ Biographies 302 Notes for Contributors 305 iii
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