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Dying Nelson lock of hair a snip at £10k
Daily Mirror UK
|April 23, 2025
A LOCK of Lord Nelson's hair taken as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar is expected to fetch £10,000.
Dr Warren Beatty, HMS Victory's surgeon, cut the hair and gave it to the naval admiral's mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton.
This story is from the April 23, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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