ii. 46, 47, 50, 53, 54; letters of, to

Nelson, quoted, 47; Nelson's bearing towards, 48, 50; attitude of, towards Lady Hamilton, 51; final breach between Nelson and, 53, 55, 146-149; later years of, 54, 55; testimony to, of Nelson and of his father, 55; Nelson's "letter of dismissal" to, and her endorsement thereon, 146, 147; date of death, i. 65 note.

Nelson, Maurice, Nelson's eldest brother, quoted by Lady Nelson, ii. 147 and note.

Niebuhr, the historian, accounts of the Battle of Copenhagen, quoted, ii. 81, 98, 112.

Nile, Battle of the, i. 343-358.

Nisbet, Captain Josiah, Nelson's stepson, birth and parentage, i. 65; goes to sea with Nelson in the "Agamemnon," 100; Lady Hamilton's kindness to, 111; good conduct of, at Teneriffe, 302, 303; Nelson attributes the saving of his life to, 306, ii. 147; St. Vincent promotes to commander at Nelson's request, i. 306; Nelson's disappointment in, 412; estrangement between Nelson and, ii. 146-148; St. Vincent's assertion of Nelson's high opinion of, in early life, 148 note.

Nisbet, Dr. Josiah, first husband of Lady Nelson, i. 65.

Nisbet, Mrs. Josiah, Lady Nelson's name by first marriage. _See_ Nelson, Lady.

Niza, Marquis de, Portuguese admiral, commanding squadron under Nelson's orders in the Mediterranean, 1798, 1799, i. 370; conducts sea blockade of Malta, 370, 392, ii. 1, 8, 9, 12, 14; ordered temporarily to defence of Messina, i. 413; co-operates at sea with Nelson, when expecting Bruix's fleet, 420, 425; limitations to Nelson's authority over, 439; recalled by Portuguese government, ii. 8; Nelson forbids him to obey, 8, 9; Nelson's expressions of esteem for, 9; final recall allowed by Nelson, 14.

Orde, Admiral Sir John, governor of Dominica, i. 59; difficulty with Lord St. Vincent concerning Nelson's appointment to command a squadron, 337, 338; assigned in 1804 to command part of Nelson's station, from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre, ii. 247; relations between Nelson and, 247, 248, 256-263, 291; driven from before Cadiz by combined fleets, 285; popular outcry against, 290; Nelson's complaint against, for not watching course of combined fleets, 290 note, 292-295; relieved from duty at his own request, 310.

"Orient," French flagship at the Battle of the Nile, present as the "Sans Culottes," in Hotham's action of March 13, 1795,