For more information and images about this video please visit Beneath is abridged text from our site: Horatio Nelson was born September 28, 1758, in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk England - the sixth of eleven children. His father was Reverend Edmund Nelson. His mother Catherine Nelson died when he was 9 years old. She was the grandniece of Sir Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. Catherine Nelson’s brother was Captain Maurice Suckling. January 1, 1771 aged 13
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