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Who was Frances Nisbet and when did she marry Horatio Nelson?
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Horatio Nelson
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Frances Nisbet was a widow living on the island of Nevis when she met Horatio Nelson in March 1785. She had a five-year-old son named Josiah at the time of their meeting. Nelson and Frances Nisbet were married in March 1787 on the island of Nevis.1