Nicholas, Lord Ramage is a

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, the protagonist of a series of sea novels written by

Dudley Pope Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 – 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. Greatly inspired by C.S. Forester, Pope was one of the most ...

. Ramage was an officer in the

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during the

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. He is a contemporary of Horatio Hornblower, but unlike the latter, who never fought in a large fleet battle, Ramage participated in both the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar.

Early life

^{This section contains information on Ramage's life before the commencement of the Lord Ramage Novels. For information after this period, see the respective summaries of the books.}
Nicholas Ramage was born in 1775 at Blazey Hall in

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, the eldest son of the Earl of Blazey. Nicholas' father was a Vice-Admiral who was

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led (some sympathetic colleagues felt unjustly so) and Nicholas is burdened by this legacy. Ramage's mother was fond of traveling and took Ramage to Tuscany to live in 1777, when his father departed to assume naval command in North America.''Ramage'' (MacBook Press ed.) They returned to England for his father's court martial in 1782 and because of the notoriety surrounding his father's court martial returned to Tuscany in 1783 where Ramage remained until he joined the navy in 1788 at age 13. Despite his father's disgrace, Ramage retained significant patrons within the navy enabling him to be promoted to lieutenant at age 20, the earliest age possible.

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Ramage Ramage may refer to: People * Alan Ramage (born 1957), English cricketer * Alison Ramage, British mathematician * Andy Ramage (born 1974), English footballer * Cecil Ramage (1895–1988), Scottish barrister, actor and Liberal politician * C ...

'' (1965) #'' Ramage and the Drumbeat'' (a.k.a. ''Drumbeat'') (1968) #'' Ramage and the Freebooters'' (a.k.a. ''The Triton Brig'') (1969) #'' Governor Ramage R.N.'' (1973) #''Ramage's Prize'' (1974) #''Ramage and the Guillotine'' (1975) #''Ramage's Diamond'' (1976) HMS Diamond Rock #''Ramage's Mutiny'' (1977) #''Ramage and the Rebels'' (1978) #'' The Ramage Touch'' (1979) #'' Ramage's Signal'' (1980) #''Ramage and the Renegades'' (1981) #''Ramage's Devil'' (1982) #''Ramage's Trial'' (1984) #''Ramage's Challenge'' (1985) #''Ramage at Trafalgar'' (1986) #''Ramage and the Saracens'' (1988) #''Ramage and the Dido'' (1989)

Early life

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