Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nelson,_2nd_Earl_Nelson

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Baptised at St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich.
Name: Tho. Bolton
Residence Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 10 Jul 1786
Christening Date (Original): 10 Jul 1786
Christening Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Father's Name: Tho. Bolton
Mother's Name: Susanna Nelson
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTWZ-95V : 12 February 2018, Tho. Bolton, ); citing Norwich, Norfolk, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,526,853.

St Michael-at-Plea parish church - now a bookshop and cafe.

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Burial:
Name: Thomas Earl Nelson
Age: 49
Birth Date: abt 1786
Burial Date: 9 Nov 1835
Burial Place: Downton, Wiltshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Downton
(See attachment - says buried at Standlynch in the chapel.)
"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8J9-33Y : 8 March 2018), Thomas Earl Nelson, burial 09 Nov 1835; citing Downton, Wiltshire, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,392.

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Memorial on Findagrave.

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Wikipedia is currently unsourced, and needs some updating.

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The story of Trafalgar House, formerly Standlynch House, on Wikipedia gives much information about this branch of the Nelson family's tenure there.

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From Venn online:

Nelson (sometime Bolton), Thomas.
Adm. pens. at PETERHOUSE, July 6, 1807, as Bolton.
Eldest s. of Thomas (sub Bolton (1756)), of Wells, Norfolk (and Susannah, dau. of the Rev. Edmund Nelson (1741), R. of Burnham Thorpe (and sister of Horatio, Viscount Nelson). B. July 7, 1786.
School, Norwich High.
Matric. Michs. 1807; B.A. 1811; M.A. 1814.
High Sheriff of Wilts., 1834.
Succeeded his uncle, the Rev. William (1774), as 2nd Earl Nelson, Feb. 28, 1835, and assumed the surname and arms of Nelson.
Married, Feb. 21, 1821, Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Maurice Eyre, Esq., of Landford House, and Brickworth, Wilts.
Died Nov. 1, 1835, at Brickworth House.
Father of Edward F. (1851), Horatio (1841), John H. (1843) and Henry (1854). (T. A. Walker, 381; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.; G. Mag., 1835, II, 641.)

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thepeerage.com Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton (as at 2015)

Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton was born on 7 July 1786. He was the son of Thomas Bolton and Susannah Nelson.2 He married Frances Elizabeth Eyre, daughter of John Maurice Eyre, on 21 February 1821. He died on 1 November 1835 at age 49.
He was given the name of Thomas Bolton at birth.
He was educated at Norwich High School, Norwich, Norfolk, England. He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) He graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)
He held the office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1834.
In 1835 his name was legally changed to Thomas Nelson. He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough, co. Norfolk [U.K., 1801] on 28 February 1835. He succeeded as the 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton [U.K., 1805] on 28 February 1835.2He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Merton of Trafalgar and of Merton, co. Surrey [U.K., 1805] on 28 February 1835

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Brother-in-law's obit (Capt. Sir William Bolton) says that Catherine was "sister of Thomas Bolton of Brickworth and Landford, Wilts., Esq., the presumptive heir of Earl Nelson".

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See also Families of Landford.

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