Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward CVO (1866 – 27 June 1937) was a British Royal Navy officer and courtier.

In February 1901 he was appointed navigating officer of the liner HMS Ophir, which was commissioned by the Royal Navy for the tour of the British Empire conducted by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.

After the tour had ended, he was in March 1902 appointed navigating officer of the battleship HMS Bulwark,[8] which was to become flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet two months later.

In February 1904 he joined the battleship HMS Albion, flagship of the China Station.

In 1917 he was recalled to service in the organisation of the North Atlantic convoys, where he remained until the end of the First World War.