Welcome to The Collingwood Society

Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1748 into a large family, the eldest of three sons. The Collingwoods were an old Northumbrian family, though the Admiral’s father, also Cuthbert, was a trader without land or fortune. The…

The Collingwood 2010 Festival website is pleased and honoured to be able to provide here Max Adam's wonderful 'Collingwood - Northumberland's Heart of Oak' as an audio book, read by the author himself. The book is divided into 12 parts,…

Given that it has been in existence since the 16th century, and the important role it has played in the life of the city, the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, has had its share of distinguished former students (known as Old…

Collingwood, as Nelson’s second-in-command, led one of the two columns that struck the line of the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet shortly after midday on 21 October 1805. The aim was to engage and defeat the enemy rear while Nelson went for…

One of Menorca’s foremost groups, the Asociación Menorca Britannia actively encourages and promotes a better understanding of the historic and cultural links between the Menorquin people and the British community. Since 1708 and the arrival of the British during the…

Tyneside folk singer and song writer Pete Wood has composed a song in honour of Admiral Lord Collingwood.  The work was first performed in public on the evening of 7th March 2010, 200 years to the day since Collingwood's death.  It is entitled…

It is not unusual to hear some of Collingwood's speeches described as 'Churchillian' in character, but one must remember who came first. Rather, should it not be that some of Churchill's speeches could have drawn inspiration from the words of…

"Your judgement on these points, and zeal for the Service, promise everything that can be expected, and no one more highly estimates both, than he who has the honour to be, Sir etc, Nelson and Bronte." Nelson to Collingwood (July…