Early Life
Nicholas Biddle was born in Philadelphia. His father was William Biddle, 3rd (1698–1756) of the Biddle family, and mother was Mary Scull (1709–1789). At the age of thirteen, he went on a voyage to the West Indies, during which he was left on a desert island for two months. In 1770, he became a midshipman in the Royal Navy. In 1773, he resigned from the navy in order to join Captain Constantine Phipps on an expedition to the Arctic. While on this trip, he became acquainted with the future Lord Nelson.
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