Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson Vanity Fair 16 April 1881

Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson, (7 August 1823 – 25 February 1913), was a British politician. He was the son of

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(a nephew of Vice Admiral The 1st Viscount Nelson) by his wife Frances Elizabeth Eyre. On 28 February 1835 his father inherited the title Earl Nelson from

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and adopted the surname of Nelson. He died on 1 November that year, and his son Horatio succeeded to the title and the estate, Trafalgar House in

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. He was educated at

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and

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, where he was president of the University Pitt Club. In the

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Lord Nelson supported the Protectionist

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under

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, and served as party chief whip in the Lords. However, when Lord Derby formed his first government in February 1852, Nelson was replaced by

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.Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, (1975). ''British Historical Facts 1830-1900''. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 92. Lord Nelson was a member of the

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from 17 October 1850. Lord Nelson was married on 28 July 1845 at St George's Church, Hanover Square, to Lady Mary Jane Diana Agar, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Normanton and a granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Pembroke. She died in 1904. They had several children, including Herbert Horatio, styled Viscount Trafalgar, who died in 1905, Thomas Horatio, who succeeded his father as 4th Earl Nelson, and Edward Agar Horatio, who eventually succeeded as fifth Earl in 1947.

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* * http://www.thepeerage.com/p3423.htm#i34228 1823 births 1913 deaths People educated at The Prebendal School Members of the Canterbury Association Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire Earls Nelson {{UK-earl-stub