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The Collingwood Society is a special interest group whose focus is the life, times and legacy of Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), 1st Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in Northumberland.
Welcome to The Collingwood Society This website is dedicated to the immortal memory of Cuthbert Collingwood, Vice-Admiral of the Red,1st Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in Northumberland (26th September 1748 – 7th March 1810)
Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810, 1st Baron Collingwood RMG L8410.jpg 759 × 1,280; 254 KB Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810, 1st Baron Collingwood.jpg 571 × 1,059; 857 KB Silhouette of Cuthbert Collingwood drawn by Horatio Nelson when both were serving in the West Indies RMG PT3942 (cropped).jpg 1,834 × 2,234; 449 KB
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.[1] Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. His early education was at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. At the ...
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1st Baron (1750–1810). The Newcastle upon Tyne -born Collingwood had no influence behind him, unlike Nelson, when he joined the navy in 1761; and again, unlike Nelson, with whom he was on terms of close friendship, Collingwood only obtained a captaincy when he was 30. The friends were strongly contrasted in temperament ...
Mar 30, 2010 · Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood. The 7th March 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Vice-Admiral Collingwood. This image of him is taken from the 1891 biography, Collingwood, by W.C. Russell, which was illustrated by F. Brangwyn. Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1748 and educated at ...
The Collingwood Timeline. (Time in Newcastle and Morpeth in bold, at sea or seeking a ship in London in ordinary). In Newcastle 1748-1761: 1748 – Cuthbert Collingwood born on 26th September in a house on the Side, Newcastle. 1759 – Attends Royal Grammar School. At sea or seeking another ship in London – 1761-1786: 1761 – Goes to sea ...
