Lord Nelson had a mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton.
Lady Hamilton was the wife of Sir William Hamilton, British Envoy to Naples.
Emma first met Nelson in 1793 when she welcomed him to her home to gather reinforcements against the French.
After 5 years, Nelson returned to Naples in 1798. His adventures had been cruel to him and Emma nursed him under her husband's roof. They soon fell in love and their affair was encouraged by the elderly Sir William, who had both great admiration and respect for Nelson.
Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson by that time, had become the two most famous Britons in the world.
Upon Nelson's summons back to Britain in 1800, he bought along with him both Emma and William and the three lived together openly. The affair became public knowledge and Nelson was sent back to sea.
Emma bore Nelson two children, Horatia Nelson and a second child, who died a few weeks after her birth in early 1804.
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