1799.  On 13th August he is created Duke of Bronte.

1799.  On 5th October sails for Port Mahon, Minorca.

1799.  On 22nd October again returns to Palermo.

1800.  On 6th January is officially notified that Lord Keith is reappointed to command in Mediterranean, which gives him offence.

1800.  On 18th February he captures Le Genereux.

1800.  On 30th March also captures Le Guillaume Tell.

1800.  On 13th July hauls his flag down at Leghorn and proceeds home, visiting Trieste, Vienna, Dresden, and Hamburg.  Is received everywhere as a monarch.

1800.  On 6th November he arrives at Yarmouth.

1801.  On 1st January becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

1801.  On 13th January he is separated from his wife.

1801.  On 17th January hoists his flag on the San Josef.

1801.  On 29th January Lady Hamilton gives birth to his daughter Horatia.

1801.  On 12th February joins the St. George.

1801.  On 12th March sails from Yarmouth Roads for the Sound.

1801.  On 29th March joins the Elephant.

1801.  On 2nd April the BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN.  He again rejoins the St. George.

1801.  On 5th May appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Baltic.

1801.  On 22nd May is created Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe.

1801.  On 19th June resigns command and sails in the brig Kite for Yarmouth, where he arrives on July 1st.

1801.  On 2nd July is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the squadron defending the South-East Coast.

1801.  On 16th August attacked Boulogne flotilla unsuccessfully.

1802.  On 10th April hauled his flag down and took up his residence at Merton.

1802.  On 26th April his father died.

1803.  On 6th April his friend, Sir William Hamilton, died in Emma’s arms.

1803. 16th May, Commander-in-Chief again in the Mediterranean.

1803.  On 20th May sailed from Spithead in Victory.

1803.  On 21st May his flag shifted to the Amphion.

1803.  On 8th July arrives off Toulon.

1803.  On 30th July rejoins the Victory and keeps up a steady blockade of Toulon until April 1805, and is troubled in body and soul.

1804.  On 23rd April Vice-Admiral of WHITE SQUADRON.

1804.  On 18th August death of his aversion, the immortal Admiral La Touche-Treville.

1805.  On 17th January the French fleet sailed from Toulon, and falling in with stormy weather, their ships were disabled and put back for repairs.

1805.  On 8th February Nelson arrives off Alexandria in search of French.

1805.  On 9th March is off Toulon again, and

1805.  On 1st April is in Pula Roads.

1805.  On 4th April gets news that the Frenchmen have sailed again from Toulon, on the 30th April.