Nelson's Uncle Captain Maurice Suckling. Entered the Navy when very young and become a lieutenant in 1745 and captain in 1755, when he commisioned the Dreadnought, of Sixty Guns. He took command of the Raisonable in 1770 and the Triumph in 1771: was appointed Comptoller of the Navy 1775, and was elected M.P. for Portsmouth shortly before his death in 1778.
Nelson's Uncle Captain Maurice Suckling. Entered the Navy when very young and become a lieutenant in 1745 and captain in 1755, when he commisioned the Dreadnought, of Sixty Guns. He took command of the Raisonable in 1770 and the Triumph in 1771: was appointed Comptoller of the Navy 1775, and was elected M.P. for Portsmouth shortly before his death in 1778.