14 Aug 2026
Husband: Horatio Nelson Formal name: Earl Nelson 1
Born: 7 Aug 1823 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire 2 Education: Eton College 1 Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 1 Census: 1841 at Lyndale Corrage, Lynmouth, Lynton, Devon Census: 1851 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1861 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1871 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Occupation: 1871 Earl, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate 3 Census: 1881 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Occupation: 1881 Peer Of The Realm & Justice Of The Peace, Earl, Deputy Lieutenant 4 Census: 1891 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Occupation: 1891 Peer of the Realm, D L & J P for Wilts Census: 1901 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Occupation: 1901 Peer Of The Realm, D L & H 5 Census: 1911 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Died: 24 Feb 1913 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 1,6,7 Buried: 1 Mar 1913 in Standlynch, Wiltshire 7 Probate: 13 Aug 1913 in London Father: Thomas Bolton (1786 - 1835) Mother: Frances Elizabeth Eyre (1796 - 1878) Media desc: Probate index 1913
Wife: Mary Jane Diana Agar Married name: Mary Jane Diana Nelson Married: 28 Jul 1845 in St George Hanover Square, London 2
Born: 26 May 1822 in Dytchley House, Woodstock, Oxfordshire 2,4 Census: 1851 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1861 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1871 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1881 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1891 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Census: 1901 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire Died: 8 May 1904 at Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,8,7,9 Buried: 13 May 1904 in Standlynch, Wiltshire 7 Probate: 10 Jun 1904 in London Father: Mother: Media desc: Probate index 1904
1 F Alice Mary Diana Nelson | Born: 9 Jul 1846 Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,4 | Died: 18 Aug 1919 Wenvoe, Cardiff, Glamorganshire 10,8,9
2 F Constance Jane Nelson | Born: 16 Feb 1848 Downton, Wiltshire 2,4,8,11 sp. Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie |Married: 21 Apr 1870 Charlton All Saints, Wiltshire 2,8 Born: ABT 1845 Died: 7 Nov 1926 | Died: 28 Jan 1922 Hampshire 10,6,9
3 F Edith Nelson | Born: 7 Jan 1850 Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,8,3 sp. Charles Clement Tudway |Married: 5 Jul 1870 St Pauls, Knightsbridge, London 2,8 Born: 23 Nov 1846 Died: 7 Sep 1926 | Died: 24 Aug 1877 Somerset 2,8 | Buried Wells St Cuthbert, Somerset 2
4 F Mary Katherine Nelson | Born: 5 Oct 1852 Salisbury, Wiltshire 2,4,8,12 sp. Richard Francis Shaw |Married: 21 Oct 1890 St Thomas, Regent Street, London 2,8 Born: 1859 Died: 4 Jul 1931 | Died: 14 Nov 1901 Cheshire 2,8,9 | Buried Trafalgar House Chapel, Wiltshire 2
5 M Herbert Horatio Nelson | Born: 19 Jul 1854 Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,6 sp. Eliza Blanche Dalgety |Married: 5 Aug 1879 East Tytherley, Hampshire 2,6 Born: ABT 1860 Died: 24 May 1938 | Died: 4 May 1905 Braydon House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire 2,10,9 | Buried Trafalgar House Chapel, Wiltshire 2
6 M Charles Horatio Nelson | Born: 28 Jun 1856 Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,3,6 sp. Ellen Petty |Married: 12 Jan 1887 10 Born: Died: 12 Dec 1900 | Died: 28 Mar 1900 2,9 | Buried Florence, Italy 2
7 M Thomas Horatio Nelson | Born: 21 Dec 1857 Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,6 | Died: 30 Sep 1947 Salisbury, Wiltshire 10,6,9
8 M Edward Agar Horatio Nelson | Born: 10 Aug 1860 Trafalgar House, Standlynch, Wiltshire 2,8 sp. Geraldine Cave |Married: 7 Aug 1889 Brigg, Lincolnshire 2,8 Born: ABT 1867 Died: 20 Jul 1936 | Died: 30 Jan 1951 London 10,6,9
9 M Albert Horatio Nelson | Born: 12 Sep 1862 Wiltshire 2,8 | Died: 3 Jan 1868 Wiltshire 2,8 | Buried Trafalgar House Chapel, Wiltshire 2
Sources: (1) Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. (2) Nelson, Thomas, a Genealogical History of the Nelson Family (1908) (3) 1871 Census. (4) 1881 Census. (5) 1901 Census. (6) GRO index. (7) Christopher Cook pers. com. (8) FreeBMD Website. (9) Probate. (10) www.thepeerage.com. (11) 1851 Census. (12) 1891 Census. For comments and questions about this family, email Howard Slatter Updated 14 Aug 2026 Name Index