Henry Nelson, 7th Earl Nelson
Henry Edward Joseph Horatio Nelson, 7th Earl Nelson, was a British peer, having inherited the earldom in June 1957 on the death of his older brother, The 6th Earl Nelson.
Henry Nelson was born in Northampton, the son of The Hon. Edward Agar Horatio Nelson and Geraldine. He was educated at Downside School and Maredsous Abbey in Belgium and served in the First World War in the Australian Imperial Force and with the Merchant Navy. He also served during the Second World War, when he gained the rank of Major in the Indian Army; he never married. A tea planter at Madeira, on his death at his home in Spain the title passed to his younger brother, George Nelson, who became the 8th Earl Nelson. In his will, Lord Nelson left £13,199.
