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The London Gazette 15859. Whitehall, November 9, 1805. His Majesty has been pleased to grant to the Reverend William Nelson [aged 48], D.D. now Lord Nelson, Brother and Heir to the late Lord Viscount Nelson [deceased], who, after a Series of transcendant and heroic Services, fell gloriously on the 21st of October last, in the Moment of brilliant and decisive Victory, the Dignity of a Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles, of Viscount Merton and Earl Nelson, of Trafalgar, and of Merton, in the County of Surrey, the same to descend to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, aud in default thereof, to the Heirs Male successively of Susanne [aged 50], Wife of Thomas Bolton Esq; and Catherine, Wife of George Matcham Esq; Sisters of the late Lord Viscount Nelson. [See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder.] [Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson [aged 56] by marriage Countess Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey].
His Majesty has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Cuthbert Collingwood [aged 57] Esq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpoole in the County of Northumberland.
On 28th February 1835 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson [aged 77] died. His nephew Thomas [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 2nd Viscount Merton, 3rd Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk, and changed his surname from Bolton to Nelson.
On 1st November 1835 Thomas Bolton aka Nelson 2nd Earl Nelson [aged 49] died. His son Horatio [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 3rd Viscount Merton, 4th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 25th February 1913 Horatio Nelson 3rd Earl Nelson [aged 89] died. His son Thomas [aged 55] succeeded 4th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 4th Viscount Merton, 5th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 30th September 1947 Thomas Nelson 4th Earl Nelson [aged 89] died. His brother Edward [aged 87] succeeded 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 5th Viscount Merton, 6th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 30th January 1951 Edward Nelson 5th Earl Nelson [aged 90] died. His son Albert [aged 60] succeeded 6th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 6th Viscount Merton, 7th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 23rd June 1957 Albert Nelson 6th Earl Nelson [aged 66] died. His brother Henry [aged 63] succeeded 7th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 7th Viscount Merton, 8th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 8th August 1972 Henry Nelson 7th Earl Nelson [aged 78] died. His brother George [aged 67] succeeded 8th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 8th Viscount Merton, 9th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
On 21st September 1981 George Nelson 8th Earl Nelson [aged 76] died. His nephew Peter [aged 39] succeeded 9th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 9th Viscount Merton, 10th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 28th March 2009 Peter Nelson 9th Earl Nelson [aged 67] died. His son Simon [aged 37] succeeded 10th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 10th Viscount Merton, 11th Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.