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In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
Horatio Nelson
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Horatio Nelson
Age: 47 †
Born: 1758
Born: September 29
Died: 1805
Died: October 21
Admiral
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Burnham Thorpe
Norfolk
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1st and last Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe
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