Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson

Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson (10 August 1860 – 30 January 1951), was a British peer, inheriting the earldom in September 1947 from his older brother, Thomas Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson.[1]

Edward, 5th Earl Nelson

Born at Trafalgar Park in Wiltshire,[2] he was the younger son of Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson (1823-1913) and his wife, Lady Mary Jane Diana (née Agar, 1823–1904).[3][4] He was known as The Hon. Edward Nelson for almost all of his life, up until he became Earl Nelson in September 1947. He married Geraldine Haddon Cave (1868–1936) in 1889 and with her had eight children:

Edward Nelson was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment[5] with whom he served on the Nile Expedition of 1885–86.[1][3]

During the Second World War, the North and South Wings of Trafalgar Park were occupied by tenants with Thomas, 4th Earl Nelson, and Edward Agar Nelson living in the main house.[6] He inherited Trafalgar Park in 1947 and sold it in 1948 as a result of the loss of the government pension attached to his title and Death Duties imposed on the estate following the death of his brother.[6][7]

Lord Nelson died in London in January 1951 aged 90, and on his death the title passed to his son Albert Nelson.[3][4] Edward had only been Earl Nelson for three years and four months exactly at the time of his death. He is buried in Godlingston Cemetery in Swanage in Dorset.[8]

References
  1. Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson on Cracroft Peerage
  2. 1861 England Census for Edward Agar Horatio Nelson – Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  3. Edward Agar Horatio Nelson on The Peerage database
  4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  5. Appointment of The Honourable Edward Agar Horatio Nelson to be Second Lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Regiment, The London Gazette, 20 September 1879
  6. The History of Trafalgar Park
  7. "How Nelson asked for help from Churchill". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  8. Edward Agar Horatio Nelson – Find a Grave
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Nelson		 Earl Nelson
1947–1951		 Succeeded by
Albert Nelson


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