Nelson Hotels

Nelson was born into a moderately prosperous Norfolk family, and joined the navy through the influence of his uncle, Maurice Suckling. He rose rapidly through the ranks and served with leading naval commanders of the period before obtaining his own command in 1778. He developed a reputation in the service through his personal valour and firm grasp of tactics, but suffered periods of illness and unemployment after the end of the American War of Independence. The outbreak of the French . Nelson may be a proper name referring to a place, an institution or a vehicle, many derived from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, better known as Lord Nelson, a British admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars.