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Lord Nelson paintings scrapped in Parliament diversity drive • Feb. 25, 2025, 3:04 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Also Known As Sir Horatio Nelson • Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe • Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe
Born September 29, 1758 • England
Died October 21, 1805 (aged 47) • Atlantic Ocean • Spain
Role In Battle of Copenhagen • Battle of Trafalgar • Battle of the Nile • French Revolutionary wars • Napoleonic Wars

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Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
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