Emma Hamilton, born Amy Lyon on April 26, 1765 in a small town near Manchester, England. She was the daughter of James and Mary Lyon, a blacksmith who moved to London in the early years of her life. She went on to live an extraordinary life and has become the stuff of legend, with her most notable achievement being one she never actually did—saving the life of Lord Horatio Nelson from the Battle of Trafalgar by taking off his coat and wrapping it around his fatally injured body so that he would survive long enough to be brought back to England. Amy helped her family by looking after her younger…