Earl Nelson

Earl Nelson, of Trafalgar and of Merton, in the County of Surrey, is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which is supported by the family Nelson.

The family seat was up for sale in Wiltshire in 1950, Trafalgar House.

Award

The title was awarded in recognition of Vice Admiral Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), in which he fell on November 20, 1805 to his brother William Nelson, together with an annual state pension for the respective titleholders. The payment of the State pension was discontinued in 1947.

The earldom was provided with a special system for the inheritance, so that the direct male heirs of his sisters are entitled to inherit. As the only son of the first Earl, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Trafalgar, had already died in 1808, went titles and headquarters to his nephew, Thomas Bolton, the son of his sister Susannah, over. This changed his name to Nelson and adopted the coat of arms of Admiral Nelson.

Subordinate title

As a subordinate title of Earl Nelson now leads the title Viscount Merton of Trafalgar and of Merton, which was awarded on the same day, and Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Hilborough, in the County of Norfolk. The latter title was Admiral Nelson already awarded 1801. Both titles are also included in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The above also applies to the particular Erbregelung Viscountswürde. The award of the Barony, which still took place as far back as Horatio Nelson, yet happened to a particular succession plan, according to which lack of own male descendants initially his father Edmund, his brother William and his male heirs, his sister Susannah, and their male descendants and then his sister Catherine and her male offspring ( this line is extinguished in 1975 ) were entitled to inherit. As Admiral Nelson had no legitimate son, the title passed to his brother even at his death.

The heir apparent led earlier the courtesy title Viscount Trafalgar, but currently Viscount Merton.

More tracks by Admiral Nelson

Admiral Nelson was in 1798 created Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and also in 1801 created Viscount Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom has been appointed. However, these titles could be inherited only male offspring and therefore lapsed with his death.

Finally, Horatio Nelson 1799 title, dignity and property of a Sicilian Duke of Bronte were awarded and have been provided with a special Erbregelung. Therefore, the first Earl Nelson succeeded as Duke of Bronte, after his only daughter Charlotte and her male offspring. Today, the Viscount Bridport is also the Duke of Bronte.

List of Earls Nelson

Barone Nelson, First Creation (1798 )

  • Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) (1801 Viscount Nelson applicable)

Viscount Nelson ( 1801)

  • Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson ( 1758-1805 ) ( with death off)

Barone Nelson, Second Creation (1801 )

  • Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson ( 1758-1805 )
  • William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson ( 1757-1835 ) (1805 to Earl Nelson applicable)

Earl Nelson ( 1805)

  • William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson ( 1757-1835 )
  • Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson ( 1786-1835 )
  • Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson ( 1823-1913 )
  • Thomas Horatio Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson ( 1857-1947 )
  • Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson ( 1860-1951 )
  • Albert Francis Joseph Horatio Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson ( 1890-1957 )
  • Henry Edward Joseph Horatio Nelson, 7th Earl Nelson ( 1894-1972 )
  • George Joseph Horatio Nelson, 8th Earl Nelson ( 1905-1981 )
  • Peter John Horatio Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson ( 1941-2009 )
  • Simon John Horatio Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson (born 1971 )

Title contender is Hon John Thomas Horatio Nelson, Viscount Merton (* 2010), the only son of the current Earls.

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