Lord Nelson Hotel - Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

Lord Nelson Hotel - Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Lord Nelson Hotel - A large imposing pub, dating before the 1800s, with a wide range of facilities, located in a central position overlooking the Haven Estuary.

The pub serves Cask Ales, & Pub classics meals, at reasonable prices,
& the Hotel has 24 en-suite rooms.

Owned by SA Brains & Co a local Welsh brewery.

Hamilton Terrace,
Milford Haven,
Pembrokeshire, SA73 3AW

"The Lord Nelson Hotel, Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven
This three-storey hotel was built c.1800 as the New Inn. The architect is thought to be William Jernigan. It is in neo-Classical stucco style, with unusual semi-circular windows on the top floor on either side of the frontage.
The building was renamed the Lord Nelson Hotel after Lord Nelson visited the town and gave a speech at the hotel in August 1802. He had been promoted to vice-admiral the previous year, and was a major celebrity after leading the Royal Navy’s defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile in 1798. 
Nelson had been invited to view the new docks at Milford Haven by Charles Francis Greville, agent to major local landowner Sir William Hamilton and mastermind of Milford Haven’s development from 1790 to 1809. Nelson heaped praise on the facilities but Greville’s hope that the Royal Navy would establish a large base there never materialised. Instead a site at Paterchurch, on the opposite side of the waterway, was developed as Pembroke Dock from 1814.
Nelson stayed in Milford Haven for more than three days, visiting Tenby. In Haverfordwest the freedom of the town and county was conferred on him. Sir William gave the New Inn a portrait of Nelson by Leonardo Guzzardi which was later moved to Admiralty House in London.
Sir William’s wife Emma had a long and public affair with Nelson. For a while Sir William and his family lived in the same house as Nelson in Palermo, Sicily, while newspapers gossiped about the relationship between Nelson and Lady Hamilton. She gave birth to Nelson’s daughter Horatia in 1801." Text Source: (visit link) & (visit link) & (visit link)

Name of Artist: Unknown Date of current sign: Unknown Date of first pub on site: c1800

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