He was the son of Thomas Bolton (a nephew of Vice Admiral The 1st Viscount Nelson) by his wife Frances Elizabeth Eyre.
He died on 1 November that year, and his son Horatio succeeded to the title and the estate, Trafalgar House in Wiltshire.
[2] Lord Nelson was a member of the Canterbury Association from 17 October 1850.
[3] Lord Nelson was married on 28 July 1845 at St George's Church, Hanover Square, to Lady Mary Jane Diana Agar, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Normanton and a granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Pembroke.
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