Horatia Nelson / Winifred Gâerin.

A biography of Horatia Nelson Thompson (1801-1881), the daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson. To avoid scandal, she was baptized Horatia Nelson Thompson but the circumstances of her birth and parentage were the subject of speculation, confusion and subterfuge. Nelson referred to her as his adopted daughter and provided for her in his will but her mother's identity remained a closely guarded secret. After Nelson's death, Horatia continued to live with Emma Hamilton until the latter's death in Calais. Horatia returned to England where she lived with first one of Nelson's brothers-in-law, George Matcham and then another, Thomas Bolton. She married the Rev. Philip Ward in 1822 and had ten children. The appendices include a copy of Horatia's will, and family trees of the Bolton, Matcham and Ward families. A bibliography is provided.