Before Nelson, no decisive blow was made against the French. But with Nelson came a series of crushing defeats, most notably at Aboukir Bay in 1798 and Trafalgar in 1805. All hopes of invasion went up ...

It is for this reason that a volume of 18th century material has survived ... At the top of the Beilby tree are pieces such as a goblet decorated with the royal arms of the House of Nassau for Prince ...