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Admiral cuthbert collingwood biography of martin

          He spent the last seven years of his life in the service of the Navy without returning home.

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          Collingwood, Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood (1748-1810)

          This distinguished naval officer was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He had a long career in the British Royal Navy which he joined in 1761, being twelve years old.

          He took part in three key battles during the wars of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire (1793-1815): the ‘Glorious First of June’ (1794), Cape St Vincent (1797) and Trafalgar (1805).

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        2. Life and times of Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood ().
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        4. On 3 March , being then so ill that he was medically ordered to return to England without delay, he resigned the command to Rear-admiral Martin, and on the.
        5. He became Britain's "minister at sea" for five years, effectively running the Mediterranean war effort.

          6. He was an efficient naval leader, humanitarian and patient, with great rectitude and overriding sense of duty. But he is generally an unknown historical figure, because is character was quite different of his flamboyant friend Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

          Collingwood was discreet and showed a cold professional exterior. In 1791 he married Sarah Blackett (1762-1819), daughter of a successful merchant and four times mayor of Newcastle. The couple had two daughters: Sarah and Mary Patience.

          In the period 1796-1808, he campaigned several times in the Mediterranean duri