Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson
British peer
About Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson
Lived 1860 – 1951 (aged 90).
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.
Born at Trafalgar Park in Wiltshire, he was the younger son of Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson, and his wife, Lady Mary Jane Diana (née Agar). with whom he served on the Nile Expedition of 1885–86.
Lord Nelson died in London in January 1951 aged 90, and on his death the title passed to his son Albert Nelson. Edward had only been Earl Nelson for three years and four months exactly at the time of his death.
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Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson was born on 10 August 1860.
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Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson died on 30 January 1951.
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