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On which eye did Nelson wear an eyepatch?

On any. Nelson never wore an eye patch.

He did not wear anything at all on the damaged right eye, but the only healthy eye - the left - was covered by the admiral from the sun's rays with a special eyecup built into the hat.

Nelson was not "blind" in one eye. His right eye was severely damaged (but not blind) at the siege of Calvi in Corsica in 1794. Sand and wood chips were hurled at him like a French cannonball, but the eye still looked normal - so normal that it took Nelson only with great difficulty to convince the British Navy that he was entitled to a disability pension.

You will not find a single portrait of those years where Nelson would have been bandaged, and, contrary to the belief of most people who allegedly "saw with their own eyes", the column in Trafalgar Square depicts the great admiral without any bandage. A black eye patch was added only after Nelson's death - to give more pathos to his portraits.

Damaged right eye Nelson has repeatedly used to his advantage. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, he ignored a signal from his superior, Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, to retreat. Nelson, who was in a better position and saw that the Danes had fled, said to the captain of his flagship: "You know, Foley, I have only one eye - and sometimes I have the right to be blind."

He then held the spyglass to his "blind" eye and said, "I don't see any signal!" This phrase is usually misquoted: "I don't see any ships."

Nelson was an outstanding tactician, a charismatic leader, and an undoubted daredevil - if he lived in our time, he would long ago have been presented with at least three Victoria Crosses - but he was also a vain and ruthless man.

As captain of the warship Boreas, in 1784 Nelson had 54 of his 122 sailors and 12 of 20 marines flogged - 47 percent of the entire crew. In June 1799, Nelson treacherously executed 99 prisoners of war in Naples - and this despite the fact that the British commander of the garrison personally guaranteed their safety.

During his stay in Naples, a love story that continued until Nelson's death began with Lady Emma Hamilton, the wife of the British ambassador. Emma's father was a blacksmith, and she herself (before her marriage to Sir William) was an underage prostitute in London. Emma was overweight and spoke with a Lancashire accent.

Another admirer of Nelson was Patrick Branty, an Irish-born Yorkshire pastor who even changed his surname to Bronte after King Ferdinand IV of the Two Sicilies granted Nelson the title of Duke of Bronte. If Patrick had not changed his last name, his famous daughters would have remained Charlotte, Emily and Anna Brunty.

In spite of everyone's grief at the news of Admiral Nelson's death, the Earl of St. Vincent and eighteen other admirals of the British Royal Navy refused to attend his funeral.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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