Nelson Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Nelson, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extant as of 2010.

Nelson Baronets, of Acton Park (1912)

The Nelson Baronetcy, of Acton Park in Acton in the County of Denbigh, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 February 1912 for William Nelson, Chairman of Nelson Line Ltd, of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, and of the Nelson Steam Navigation Company. As of 2006 the presumed fourth holder of the title has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is consequently not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant.
  • Sir William Nelson, 1st Baronet (1851-1921)
  • Sir James Hope Nelson, 2nd Baronet (1883-1960) who married Isabel Valle on September 27, 1913. Valle was the daughter of Dr. Jules Felix Valle (b. 1859) and Mary A. Clover, of St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

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  • Sir William Vernon Hope Nelson, 3rd Baronet (1914-1991)
  • Sir Jamie Charles Vernon Hope, 4th Baronet (b. 1949)

Nelson Baronets, of Hilcote Hall (1955)

The Nelson Baronetcy, of Hilcote Hall in the County of Stafford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 July 1955 for Sir George Nelson
George Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford
George Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford , known as Sir George Nelson, 1st Baronet, from 1955 to 1960, was a British engineer, the chairman of the firm English Electric....

. In 1960 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Nelson of Stafford
Baron Nelson of Stafford
Baron Nelson of Stafford, of Hilcote Hall in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for the businessman Sir George Nelson, 1st Baronet, for many years Chairman of English Electric. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of...

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  • George Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford
    George Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford
    George Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford , known as Sir George Nelson, 1st Baronet, from 1955 to 1960, was a British engineer, the chairman of the firm English Electric....

     (1887–1962)
  • Henry George Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford
    Henry Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford
    Henry George Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford was an English engineer.The son of George Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford, Nelson attended the University of Cambridge. He then worked for his father's company English Electric, becoming Chairman on his father's death in 1962...

    (1917–1995)
  • Henry Roy George Nelson, 3rd Baron Nelson of Stafford (1943–2006)
  • Alistair William Henry Nelson, 4th Baron Nelson of Stafford (b. 1973)

Further reading

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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