John Cordy Jeaffreson

The Queen of Naples and Lord Nelson; An Historical Biography Based on Mss. in the British Museum and on Letters and Other Documents Preserved Amongst John Cordy Jeaffreson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I. EVIDENCE OF HORATIA'S PARENTAGE. Lady Hamilton's Place of Abode--Her State of Health--Mystifications of the Thomson-Letters--Failure of the Mystifications--Identity of Mrs. Thomson and Lady Hamilton--Identity of Nelson and Thomson--Three Sources of Evidence of Horatia's Birth-Time--The 'Now, my own dear Wife,' Letter--Nelson declares himself Horatia's Father--Persistence in Mystification--Falsification of a Marylebone Register--Lady Hamilton declares herself Horatia's Mother--Her avowals of the Fact to Nelson--Her avowal of the Truth to Horatia--Her vile Slander on Maria Caroline--Summary of Evidence--Thomas Allen's disproved Story--Sir Thomas Hardy's disproved Story--Mrs. Ward's 'Case' respecting her own Maternal Parentage--Chief Particulars of her strong prima-facie 'Case '--Horatia's baptismal Registration--Lady Hamilton's Letters to Nurse Gibson--Mrs. Johnstone's' Statement '--' Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton (1814)'--Mr. Haslewood's Evidence and Ignorance--Rev. Dr. Scott's Evidence and Ignorance--Mrs. Ward's other Evidences--Demolition of Mrs. Ward's 'Case'--Mr. Paget's Ifs and Ands--Conclusion of Controversy. It being necessary for my vindication of Maria Caroline that the readers of this book should close it-without even the shadow of a doubt respecting Horatia Nelson's maternal parentage, I now return to a subject about which I thought I should never be required to write another line, after discussing flo fully 'Mr. Laughton's Remarks on Questions touching Horatia's Parentage' in the appendix to 'Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson.' On giving their attention to the ensuing summary of the evidences of Horatia's parentage, students should dismiss from their minds all respect for Sir Harris Nicolas's opinion that...