, 1881-05-08

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tile IS Annual Register" record, in its forma
1915, the life of Emma, widow of Sir william
uamlltnn. came to q close, to which it i
for her various adventures, and especially
for the passionate attachment borne to mel
by Lord Nelson, died at Calafs in a state oi
destitution;," Would that the dark rec:
tss S5a e9ud pra be Of EnSsh fron nstof9 IN.
{ much as it reflects upon that King and coull-
| try for whom Nelson died. it bears still more
| hardly upon TINT Clergyman brother whom
Trafalgar made an Earl with 5000 a year
settled upon him, i'll addition to an es-
tate which cost nearly El00,ooo. Yet even
with the death in abject poverty and obscnr-
lty OF the lovely lady to whom England was
indebted for the victory Of the Nile, the cup
extremely advanced age Horatia Nelson, the
only daughter Of the hero OF Trafalgar. and
once again Is England's shameful neglect
recalled. lloratia's father had contrived to
old when he fell at Trafalgar, the sum. Of
II. 900, saved out tof:tis pay, which, being left
III Lady Ialnilton's hand, was at last needed
tosupport her and achild-falsely supposed to
nave been hers, but III reality the DAUGHTER
elder life was cxtinguisfed in petty French
town. But for tic explicit statement con-
TUNED III the seventh volume Of Sir Harris
Nicholas Dispatches and Letters Of LOru
Viscount Nelson ito which statement at
III a letter to a contemporary-tnerc would
exist no contradiction to the widely-accepteu
belief that lloratla Nelson was the daughter
Of Lady llamilton; w now know, upon
Dental friend, professional adviser, and ex-
ecutor Of Lord Nelson, that the child's moth
er was a lady ot high birth, whose name. in
deed, was known to Lady Hamilton, and in
Lady Hamilton left written declaration that
she was too great to be mentioned"
This child OF many tears was, according to
q statement made III 1875 BY Thomas Allen,
Lord Nelson's trusted body.servant, to the
wards the end of January, 1901, and her
mother, Mrs. Thompson, died in giving her
birth: Mrs: Thompson was the sister Of 4
merchant at Genoa. and had fur her brother
q Lieutenant in the British navy: One even
moon street and dressing fur dinner, Indy,
who appeared to be very near her contine-
men. and much agltatctl, called upon him,
l1c Immediately ordered Allen to call a
other servants. In company with the lady |
he drove off in the coach and dill not return |
for couple Of hours. Lady Hamilton, who,
MAY have been her: faults, had
= adopted tie liz moti'erless ] n: BAH:
born secretly III shame. and throughout the |
vicisstudcs of her subsequent ca
reer was more than a mother to the cher
shed daughter OF Nelson. we need not fol-
ow them through the pitiable records of a
life which ended in supreme misery at Calais
q 1915. Suffice it to say, that when Lady
Hamilton had passed away, lioratia Nelson
tU England. and resided, first III the
a. ya of Nr M1tc!!an M and then in That OF
Until the February Of 1saa2a, when she mar
led the Rev. Philip Ward. then Vicar Of
Centerden, in Kent, By whom she sllbse-
luently had eight children. uer husband
!,ess OF years, forgotten and neglected 10y
lie colnpatrlOts of that hero who ut Trafal~
ar made England the undisputel '.lnistrcss
t the seas" the only daughter OF Nelson has
olloWcd her husband to the tomb. 1t is So
ulnl!latlnG a story that they WHO now read
nd digest it will be forced to find consola-
0n il they can, iii the hope that tile life of
loratia Nelson was less unhappy after 1915
han It must have been down to that date.
With all Lady namilton's faults,-and she
ad nany,"--,wrote her adopted daughter,
trs. Ward. "slle had many fine qualities,
'lich, had She been placed early III better
and5 md i'll better circumstances, would !
ave made her Il very superior woman. It is
ut Justice on my part to say that through
II her difficulties she invariably, until
le last few months of her life, expended on
" education the whole Of the interest Of
le sum left me by Lord Nelson, and which
ady. Hamilton who at the age Of 81
arrled Sir. William Hamilton, then aged
/ was indeed no ordinary woman. Her
lovc[iness still lives upon the
ntadlng canvas Of Komncy, who painted
:r man; times, was deeply i'll love with her;
1t n0 painter could DO Justice TO- the sur
sssfng grace and elegance of her person.
ne WAS born in cottage belonging to her :
ther, colliery. miner, at llawarden, 4
.nle which has since become widely famous |
heinz the pnnrfry hrttIn cf AR Tnf- |