Horatio nelson

At the National Maritime Museum's Nelson Gallery, visitors catch a glimpse of the personality of England's greatest naval warrior Admiral Horatio Nelson.

Viscount Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, before the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 - National Maritime Museum

An early portrait of the naval hero painted around the time he stayed in Greenwich Hospital

Nelson is the greatest British military hero of all time, according to a survey which placed him above Montgomery and Wellington.

Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London. http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Portrait_of_Britain_Collection

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson - National Maritime Museum. collections.rmg.co.uk