Comments on: Lady Emma Hamilton/2023/03/31/lady-emma-hamilton/Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceTue, 04 Apr 2023 09:02:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Janet Simmonds/2023/03/31/lady-emma-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-32067Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:02:41 +0000/?p=30629#comment-32067In reply to John Eaton.

I absolutely love this – thank you – John x

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]]>By: John Eaton/2023/03/31/lady-emma-hamilton/comment-page-1/#comment-32055Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:42:04 +0000/?p=30629#comment-32055Another excellent and erudite article, Janet – but I’m surprised that you omitted to mention Emma Hamilton’s little-known but intriguing contribution to our popular and sporting culture, resulting from the particular hold which she regularly exercised over Lord Nelson when his amorous exploits regrettably got out of hand. When this occurred, Emma Hamilton would place her arm under Nelson’s arm and swiftly and deftly twist Nelson’s right arm up to the back of his neck and pinion him to the bedchamber, thus rendering him incapable to any further assault on her.
This occurred so frequently, that others began to adopt her technique whenever they needed to defend themselves from any assault by the many footpads who were always on the prowl.
So popular was this defensive technique, that it soon became known as a “Half- Nelson” – and was subsequently officially adopted by the Wrestling fraternity.
Sadly, credit for Emma Hamilton’s contribution to British Sporting Culture was never recognised, which is possibly why her invaluable but little-known achievement never achieved the public recognition which it undoubtedly deserved; so I reckon that today, April 1, is a fitting time to remind you of this unfortunate omission from your brief biographical details of one of the more fascinating achievements of such an interesting historical figure.
Otherwise, as my History teacher used to say. “A good effort”!
With kindest regards,
John

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