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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26314820, member: 86815&quot;]Good point [USER=96174]@Bardolph[/USER] familiarity made me omit Charles James Fox as the symbolism was so obvious to me . I even have Fox&#039;s autograph somewhere in my collection. I studied Nelson and his contemporaries until I burnt myself out on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson&quot; edited by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, contains references to Admiral Alan Gardner. One letter says &quot;To Commodore Alan Gardner Boreas Nevis 13th May... One other circumstance I must mention which&quot;. In another letter&nbsp; dated May 19, 1803, to Lady Hamilton, Nelson referred to Lord Gardner as a drinker!</p><p>He is also referenced in O&#039;Byrne&#039;s Naval Biographical Dictionary, first port of call for anyone studying naval officers within this time frame. Yes, Gardner&#039;s memory has become obscure compared for example to Pellew another frigate captain contemporary, and later Exmouth of Algiers. However,&nbsp; amongst numismatists,&nbsp; given the vast amount of coins salvaged from the Gardner shipwreck , he is unlikely to be forgotten.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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