THE NELSON SOCIETY- DEFENDING NELSON
Thursday 19th October at 12.30 | Library | £10*
*Includes a glass of wine on arrival
‘I am myself a Norfolk man and glory in being so’ (Admiral Lord Nelson – from the balcony of the Wrestler’s Inn, Great Yarmouth, to the townspeople, 6th November 1800).
Chris Brett is the Chairman of the Nelson Society, currently serving his second three-year term of office. He was born in Great Yarmouth, with its many connections to Nelson and the sea. After a grammar school education, Chris post-graduated and embarked on a successful career in town planning, in both the public and private sectors.
In 2005, the bi-centenary year of the Battle of Trafalgar, Chris joined the Nelson Society to pursue his lifelong interest in his Norfolk hero. Chris has written a number of articles about Nelson and related subjects.
The Nelson Society is a registered charity, with a worldwide membership, whose object is to advance public education and awareness of the life and times and achievements of Admiral Lord Nelson and his navy.
The object of the Society is furthered through the publication of a quarterly journal The Nelson Dispatch, events, lectures and an active social calendar. The Society supports appropriate good causes relevant to Nelson and his world with grants, advice, consultancy and supports conservation projects. The Society encourages and undertakes research and publishes original material both through the Dispatch and as stand-alone publications.
The Society has no headquarters but is managed by a committee of volunteers elected by the membership. The Nelson Society can be followed on its Facebook page, The Nelson Society UK , and more information is available on the Society’s website www.nelson-society.com.
Chris’ talk will fall into two parts: the first will explain in more detail the work of the Society whilst the second part will show how the Society has, in recent times, had to defend Nelson’s reputation, especially in the wake of allegations that Nelson supported the slave trade.
