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On 20th April 1757 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson was born to [his father] Reverend Edmund Nelson (age 35).
On 9th November 1786 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 29) and Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson (age 37) were married.
On 20th September 1787 [his daughter] Charlotte Mary Nelson was born to Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 30) and [his wife] Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson (age 38). She married 3rd July 1810 Samuel Hood 2nd Baron Bridport, son of Henry Hood 2nd Viscount Hood and Jane Wheler Viscountess Hood, and had issue.
On 21st October 1805 [his brother] Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson (age 47) was killed in action at the Battle of Trafalgar. Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk extinct. His brother William (age 48) succeeded 2nd Baron Nelson of the Nile and Hillborough in Norfolk.
The London Gazette 15859. Whitehall, November 9, 1805. His Majesty has been pleased to grant to the Reverend William Nelson (age 48), D.D. now Lord Nelson, Brother and Heir to the late [his brother] 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 [his sister] Susanne (age 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.] [[his wife] Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson (age 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 (age 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.
The London Gazette 15859. On 20th November 1805 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 48) in recognition of his brother [his brother] Horatio Nelson's (deceased) achievements.
On 3rd July 1810 [his son-in-law] Samuel Hood 2nd Baron Bridport (age 21) and [his daughter] Charlotte Mary Nelson (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 53) and [his wife] Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson (age 61).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 26th April 1822 [his father] Reverend Edmund Nelson died.
On 15th April 1828 [his wife] Sarah Yonge Countess Nelson (age 79) died.
On 28th February 1835 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 77) died. His nephew Thomas (age 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.
Thomas Bolton of Wells Norfolk and [his sister] Susannah Nelson were married. She being the sister of [his brother] Admiral Horatio Nelson and Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson who had been created an Earl in honour of their brother. Thomas and Susannah's son, also Thomas, succeeded to the Earldom on the death of William