A HISTORY OF THE RGS IN TEN OBJECTS In this final article about the objects, David Goldwater (51-62) presents the remaining three objects As part of their history lessons, students were given the challenge of naming objects 8, 9 and 10. This proved to be more difficult than first envisaged. One of the aims was to come up with something which would be popular with female students. This proved almost impossible, but here are the final three objects in our Journey through RGS History:
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The Portrait of Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood ON
Collingwood (1748-1810) assumed command of HMS Victory, following the death of Lord Nelson (with whom he had served for over 30 years) and completed the Battle of Trafalgar. He first went to sea aged 11 and during an illustrious career, he fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill at Boston in 1775, as well as the blockade of Cadiz 1797. After Trafalgar he was raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpool in the County of Northumberland. When not at sea he lived in Collingwood House in Morpeth, a town he loved. He was buried next to Nelson in St Paul’s Cathedral. (The artist of the portrait is unknown).
