Memorial: M551

Tower at Calton Hill, Edinburgh commemorating Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE-ADMIRAL / HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON / AND THE GREAT VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR, / TOO DEARLY PURCHASED WITH HIS BLOOD, / THE GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH / HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT / NOT TO EXPRESS THEIR UNAVAILING SORROW FOR HIS DEATH; / NOR YET TO CELEBRATE THE MATCHLESS GLORIES OF HIS LIFE; / BUT, BY HIS NOBLE EXAMPLE, TO TEACH THEIR SONS / TO EMULATE WHAT THEY ADMIRE, AND, LIKE HIM, WHEN DUTY REQUIRES IT / TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY', 'A.D. MDCCCV' [On east side lower parapet below carved stern of a ship]

Details

Description: Five storeys with a timeball.
Type: Tower

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 147.

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