Horatio Nelson (Duke of Bronte) was an English naval commander. He was born in 1758 and died in 1805 from a sniper's gunshot at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was created Duke of Bronte by the Neapolitan government in 1799. Oddly, Horatio Nelson suffered from sea sickness. Horatio Nelson's dying words were indeed 'Kiss me Hardy', a popular myth that he actually said 'kismet Hardy' is believed to have been started at a time when affection between male friends was viewed as inappropriate, however during the 18th and 19th centuries such affection was quite usual and acceptable.
As well as a national hero, Horatio Nelson was famously cruel to his wife, who doted on him, abandoning her for the prostitute Emma Hamilton - at the time affairs with prostitutes and infidelity was quite the usual practice. Research Horatio Nelson
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