Frances Nelson [née Woolward]

(1779-1831)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Nelson, Frances, Lady, 1761-1831 NRA: Nelson Frances Herbert (1758-1831) nee Woodward afterwards Nisbet wife of 1st Viscount Nelson DNB: Nelson [née Woolward], Frances Herbert [Fanny], Viscountess Nelson (1761–1831), wife of Horatio Nelson LBT ID: LyNelso VIAF ID: 10993519 LOC ID: n91026318	B/BAP: 1779-02-18 DIED: 1831-05-06
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Born in the West Indies, in 1779 she married Josiah Nisbet MD, and after his death, she married Horatio Nelson in 1787.
REFERENCES TO Frances Nelson [née Woolward]: Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 8 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 15 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XII. 1806 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. III: 1805