Don’t you think that the last Timeline’s article on Lord Cochrane is worthy of notice? It describes a great British hero, a man whose feats of daring in the sea war against Napoleon make even Lord Nelson look timid, and a man who helped to liberate South America – fighting audaciously and brilliantly, as ever – from Spanish rule. Truly a hero of two worlds, hence the comparison with the magnificent Garibaldi.
And yet he is unknown! Is he the greatest of Britain’s unknown heroes? Does anyone know of a Briton with a better claim to fame? Wanted: nominations for Britain’s greatest unknown hero.
RCS.
