Edward Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson
Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson, 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. He was known as The Hon. Edward Nelson for almost all of his life, up until he became Earl Nelson in September 1947. He married Geraldine Haddon Cave in 1889 and with her had eight children:
Edward Nelson was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment with whom he served on the Nile Expedition of 1885–86.
During the Second World War, the North and South Wings of Trafalgar Park were occupied by tenants with Thomas, 4th Earl Nelson, and Edward Agar Nelson living in the main house. He inherited Trafalgar Park in 1947 and sold it in 1948 as a result of the loss of the government pension attached to his title and Death Duties imposed on the estate following the death of his brother.
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. He is buried in Godlingston Cemetery in Swanage in Dorset.
