A PS to the above:
There was some grumbling about the pageantry of Nelson's funeral, which was a state funeral organised by the College of Arms (the Heralds), with all sorts of hangers-on in the procession. In the biography of Nelson by Carola Oman, page 648 in our 1948 edition, she says: 'Lady Elizabeth Foster, watching with a Devonshire House party from a window commanding Temple Bar, noticed that when "the dear forty-eight Victory men" and forty-eight Greenwich pensioners came in sight, an English crowd, growing restive, muttered, "We had rather see them than all the show"'
Nelson's funeral was treated by a rather unpopular royal family and peers as a chance to gain popularity by jumping on the bandwagon, but people were too war-weary and angry at being exploited for this to work. Carola Oman does not seem to reference this quote. There were similar contemporary comments to the effect that the pageantry was overdone and unpopular, but any antagonism seems to have been directed against the government and royal family. I have not come across any against Nelson at this point.
Lesley
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