Lord Collingwood

On the death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805, Collingwood assumed the title of commander-in-chief. In November 1805 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral of the Red and raised to the peerage as Baron Collingwood, of Caldburne and Hethpool in the County of Northumberland. On his death he was laid to rest beside Nelson in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral.

Statue in North Tyneside