Earl Nelson (title of nobility)

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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

The Earls' family seat was Trafalgar House in Wiltshire until 1948 .

Award

The title conferred on November 20, 1805, to William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson . The award was in recognition of the victory of his brother, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, in which he was killed. The title was linked to an annual state pension for the respective title holder. The payment of the state pension was discontinued without compensation when the 5th Earl died in 1951.

The earliest dignity was provided with a special inheritance regulation, so that the direct male heirs of his sisters are entitled to inheritance. Since the first earl's only son, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Trafalgar, had died in 1808, the title and ancestral seat were passed on to his nephew, Thomas Bolton, the son of his sister Susannah. He changed his name to Nelson and adopted the coat of arms of Admiral Nelson.

Subordinate title

Subordinate titles of the Earls Nelson are the titles Viscount Merton , of Trafalgar and of Merton, which was awarded together with the Earldom, and Baron Nelson , of the Nile and of Hilborough in the County of Norfolk . The latter title had been awarded to Admiral Nelson on August 18, 1801. Both titles also belong to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The above-mentioned special inheritance regulation also applies to the viscount dignity. The barony was conferred while Horatio Nelson was still alive, with a special succession plan, according to which, in the absence of male descendants of his own, his father Edmund, then his brother William and his male descendants, then his sister Susannah and her male descendants and then his sister Catherine and her male descendants (this line expired in 1975) were entitled to inheritance. Since Admiral Nelson had no legitimate son, this title passed to the brother upon his death.

The Heir Apparent led past the courtesy title Viscount Trafalgar , but currently Viscount Merton .

Other titles from Admiral Nelson

Admiral Nelson was already on November 6, 1798 in the Peerage of Great Britain to Baron Nelson , of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, and also on May 22, 1801 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Viscount Nelson , of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe. However, these titles could only be passed on to legitimate male descendants and therefore expired on his death.

After all, Horatio Nelson was given the Sicilian title Duke of Bronte ( Duca di Bronte ) in 1799/1801 and given a special inheritance regulation. Hence the first Earl Nelson followed as Duke of Bronte , then his only daughter Charlotte and her male descendants. Today the Viscount Bridport is also Duke of Bronte.

List of Earls Nelson

Barone Nelson, first award (1798)

Viscounts Nelson (1801)

Barone Nelson, second bestowal (1801)

Earls Nelson (1805)

The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the only son of the current Earl, Thomas Nelson, Viscount Merton (* 2010).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The London Gazette : No. 15859, p. 1376 , November 5, 1805.
  2. ^ The London Gazette: 15393, 948 , August 1, 1801.
  3. ^ The London Gazette: No. 15067, p. 931 , October 2, 1798.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: 15366, 549 , May 16, 1801.

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