Simon John Horatio Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson (born 21 September 1971), styled Viscount Merton between 1981 and 2009,
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Earl Nelson, ''of Trafalgar and of Merton in the County of Surrey'', is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 November 1805 for the Rev. William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson, one month after the death of his young ...
on the death of his father, The 9th Earl Nelson, in March 2009.
Biography
Lord Nelson is the son of Peter, 9th Earl Nelson, from his first marriage to Maureen Diana Quinn.
Like his father before him, he is a serving police officer. In 1993, when he was still styled as Lord Merton, he married Ikuko Umekage (marriage dissolved 1996); in 1999 he married Anna Stekerova (born 1979) with whom he has two children: his son and heir apparent Thomas John Horatio Nelson, Viscount Merton (born 27 April 2010), and Lady
The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Inform ...
Daisy Nelson (born 27 January 2006).[Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson on Cracroft's Peerage]
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References
1971 births
Earls Nelson
British police officers
Living people
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