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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 1052929, member: 37&quot;]Styling suggests circa 1870.&nbsp; The ship, Alexander&nbsp; was recorded as lost in 1809 and Lord Nelson died several years before that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Consequently, the story of it being made from timbers of one of Nelson&#039;s ships doesn&#039;t necessarily ring true.&nbsp; Nelson was recorded as a passenger aboard the Alexander in 1800 but it was never in his command.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Alexander is important to Australia since it was used to transport some of the first settler/convicts to the continent.&nbsp; Could see how this was made to commemorate the ship for that reason.&nbsp; From what country did your father in law&#039;s family get the chair?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There were also other ships named the Alexander but none seem important enough to have been commemorated.&nbsp; Also, few of them would be old enough to have been depicted in the manner seen on this chair.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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