Thomas Marsh Nelson (c. 1817 - 24 February 1884) was an English architect who worked principally in London. He was particularly active in the development of Westbourne Terrace in the 1840s on behalf of the builder William Kingdom.

Early life and family

Thomas Marsh Nelson was born around 1817 in London. His family were involved in slavery in the West Indies. He married Julia Satara Briggs, daughter of

General John Briggs General John Briggs (1785–1875) was a British officer in the army of the East India Company, and an author. Life Briggs entered the Madras Infantry in 1801. He took part in the First Anglo-Maratha War, Mahratta wars, serving in the final campai ...

and Jane Dodson, on 10 November 1852 at St. George Hanover Square, London.

Career

In 1838 he gave evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Metropolis Improvements in relation to the need for new streets in the centre of London to improve traffic flow. In 1841 he was living or working from 3 Charles Street, St James, London. He was in partnership with Charles Innes.

Later life

Nelson was made bankrupt in 1881 when he was living at 6 Comeragh Road, Baron's Court Road, West Kensington. He died on 24 February 1884 at

West Kensington West Kensington, formerly North End, is an area in the ancient parish of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of Charing Cross. It covers most of the London postal area of W14, includin ...

, London.

Works

* He was appointed by the Victoria Building Company in

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in the 1840s. *St John the Evangelist,

Clapham Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. History Early history T ...

, 1840-42: Grade II listed church, built in a classical style as a chapel of ease * He was active in

Westbourne Terrace Westbourne Terrace is a street in the Paddington district of the City of Westminster in west London. The street runs between Westbourne Bridge in the north and the junction of Westbourne Crescent and Sussex Gardens in the south and was develo ...

in the 1840s on behalf of the builder William Kingdom. * In 1873 he designed the

grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

warehouse at 34B York Way, Kings Cross, with William Harvey.

References

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