Nelson Monument - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Nelson Monument - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Nelson Monument, tall on a granite base,Pocock,T., Horatio Nelson (London, Brockhampton) 1987 stands on Portsdown Hill about north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England. It was the eventual outcome of a movement started during Horatio Nelson's lifetime to "perpetuate the glorious victories of the British Navy".Howarth, D. and S. Howarth, Nelson: The Immortal Memory (Uxbridge: Corgi) 2004 By 1799 Nelson's prize agent Alexander Davison was able to use the Nelson name to spearhead a campaignThe Alexander Davison Collection, Sotheby's, October 21, 2002 Letter to Nelson to inform him of a Committee formed by The Duke of Clarence, The Prime Minister and others to examine proposals for a national monument. to honour "Britain's naval glory and pre-eminence". It was, however, Nelson's death at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, that galvanized the campaign.Padfield, P., Nelson’s War (Ware: Wordsworth) 1976 Read more on Wikipedia
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