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An officer from the Napoleonic Wars had his pension paid until 1951. |
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| It's somewhat ironic that Nelson's pension lasted the longest considering it wasn't actually distributed to his descendants. His beloved daughter Horatia, his only child, was born out of wedlock to his mistress and lifelong love Emma Hamilton — and although he asked with his dying breath that Hamilton be taken care of, his pension went to his older brother William, who did not carry out his wishes. The pension passed down to William's descendants, and Hamilton raised Horatia in poverty. Given this, one member of Parliament, Michael Foot, speculated that Horatio himself would have voted to end the pension. While discussing the bill in Parliament, he said: "This House, 140 years ago, behaved meanly towards the memory of Lady Hamilton, and when there is a vote [to end the pension], it will be a vote to wipe out the wrong which was done 140 years ago." | |
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Horatio Nelson made up an elaborate backstory for his daughter. | |||||||||
| Although they weren't married in the eyes of the law, Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton wanted to raise their only child, Horatia, together. So they told an elaborate lie to lessen the scandal, claiming Horatia had been born several weeks before her actual birthday, a date when Hamilton was out of town, to give her an alibi. They claimed she was an orphan whose father had been a sailor and mother had died in childbirth. According to the story, Nelson and Hamilton raised the child as "godparents." Nelson eventually claimed Horatia as his own just before her fifth birthday. He left a letter for her on his desk before his death, which he signed off with "receive, my dearest Horatia, the affectionate parental blessing of your father." Although Hamilton continued to raise the child, she stubbornly maintained the fabricated backstory for the rest of her life. | |||||||||
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