William Nelson, first earl Nelson

(1757-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Nelson William (1757-1835) 1st Earl Nelson DNB: Nelson, William, first Earl Nelson (1757–1835), Church of England clergyman LBT ID: LdNelso1	B/BAP: 1757-04-20 DIED: 1835-02-28
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The elder brother of Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson; he was a clergyman educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, raised to the peerage in place of his brother.
REFERENCES TO William Nelson, first earl Nelson: Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 15 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth 26 June 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XII. 1806 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1806