14 Aug 2026
Husband: John Horatio Nelson
Born: 15 Jan 1825 at Brickworth House, Whiteparish, Wiltshire 1,2 Education: Eton College and Harrow School 3 Census: 1841 in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 3 Occupation: 1847 - 1851 Curate of Eartham, Sussex 3 Census: 1851 in Speen, Berkshire Occupation: 1851 - 1853 Curate of Speen, Berkshire 3 Occupation: 1853 - 1857 Rector of Trimley St Mary, Suffolk 3 Occupation: 1857 - 1872 Rector of Belaugh with Scottow, Norfolk 3 Census: 1861 at Scottow Vicarage, Norfolk Occupation: 1861 Vicar of Scottow 4 Occupation: 1872 - 1909 Rector of Shaw with Donnington, Berkshire 3 Census: 1881 in Shaw cum Donnington, Berkshire Census: 1891 at The Rectory, Shaw, Berkshire Census: 1901 at Shaw Rectory, Shaw cum Donnington, Berkshire Census: 1911 at Lords Oak Cottage, Landford, Wiltshire Died: 28 Sep 1917 in Landford, Wiltshire 3,5,6 Probate: 5 Apr 1918 in London Father: Thomas Bolton (1786 - 1835) Mother: Frances Elizabeth Eyre (1796 - 1878) Media desc: Probate index 1918
Wife: Susan Spencer Churchill Married name: Susan Spencer Nelson Married: 27 Aug 1857 in London 1,5
Born: ABT 1831 in Bath, Somerset 7 Census: 1861 at Scottow Vicarage, Norfolk Census: 1881 in Shaw cum Donnington, Berkshire Census: 1891 at The Rectory, Shaw, Berkshire Died: 2 Feb 1898 in Berkshire 1,5,6 Probate: 15 Mar 1898 in London Father: Mother: Media desc: Probate index 1898
1 M John Eyre Nelson | Born: 1 Oct 1858 Scottow, Norfolk 1,5 sp. Kathryn Cornelia Kell |Married: 14 Sep 1899 1 Born: ABT 1879 Died: | Died: 9 Jan 1913 London 8,5,6
2 M Horatio Spencer Nelson | Born: 6 Jun 1860 Scottow, Norfolk 1,9 | Died: 8 May 1935 Wiltshire 8,5,6
Sources: (1) Nelson, Thomas, a Genealogical History of the Nelson Family (1908) (2) 1881 Census. (3) Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. (4) 1861 Census. (5) GRO index. (6) Probate. (7) 1891 Census. (8) www.thepeerage.com. (9) FreeBMD Website. For comments and questions about this family, email Howard Slatter Updated 14 Aug 2026 Name Index