The hair is in a locket inscribed by Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton.
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A sale of Nelson memorabilia which will go under the hammer later in the year is expected to fetch up to £200,000.
Included in the sale at a Bonhams' auction in London will be a lock of Nelson's hair and a sword awarded to one of his captains.
The collection will visit the Assembly Rooms in Norwich on 7 April.
It will then be auctioned off in the summer as part of a national festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of
the Battle of Trafalgar.
The hair is in a locket inscribed by Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton.
Under Nelson's legendary leadership, from 1794 to 1805, the British Navy proved its supremacy over the French by inflicting defeat after defeat.
This culminated on 21 October, 1805, at Cape Trafalgar, where Britain was saved from threat of invasion by Napoleon, and Nelson was killed when he was struck by a French sniper's bullet.
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