Admiral Lord Collingwood - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
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dtrebilc
N 54° 58.171 W 001° 36.664
30U E 588912 N 6092281
This blue plaque celebreates the birth place of Admiral Lord Collingwood, who took over from Lord Nelson when he was killed in the battle of Trafalgar.
Waymark Code: WMNEQG
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/01/2015
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The North Tyneside Council's website tells us that "Born in Newcastle in 1748, Cuthbert Collingwood joined the Royal Navy in 1761. On-board the frigate Shannon, commanded by his uncle, Captain (afterwards Admiral) Braithwaite, he learned the rudiments of seamanship. The American War of Independence and then the Napoleonic War pitched him into a number of victorious encounters and he rose swiftly through the naval ranks with his friend Horatio Nelson, whom he had met in Jamaica in 1772 whilst they were both midshipmen.
Though remaining fond of his North East roots, Collingwood never returned to his family in Morpeth after the Battle of Trafalgar. He died at sea near Menorca in 1810 and was later buried in St. Paul's Cathedral beside Nelson."
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The Blue Plaque
The plaque is on the wall next to a small side entrance of Milburn House. This commercial building was erected in the 1900s, one of a number of buildings in the area all built by the Milburn Family. Perhaps because it was built on the site of Collingwood's childhood home the interior of the building was designed to look like a modern liner, and the floors labelled A to G, like decks on a ship. The building is built into a hillside and this side entrance is labelled D floor
Above the entrance to the building is a small bust of Admiral Colllingwood.
The text on the plaque is as follows.
MILBURN HOUSE
ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD
1748 - 1810
Victor of Trafalgar, diplomat, wit
and humanitarian.
Nelson's friend and comrade.
Born in a house on this site.
"Since heaven made gentlemen
there is no record of a better one"
-(W.M.Thackeray).
CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE