Background
Nelson was born in London, the son of John Henry Nelson of Stanhope Gardens.
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Roland Nelson
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He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
Nelson was called to the Bar, at Inner Temple in June 1906. He was private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty from 1909 to 1911, to the Home Secretary from 1912 to 1913 and to the First Lord of the Admiralty again from 1914 to 1916. Office holders in this period were Reginald McKenna and Winston Churchill.
Nelson lived at Chilterns End, Henley-on-Thames and died in London at the age of 59.
Nelson married Hylda Letitia Grace Blois, daughter of Sir John Ralph Blois, 8th Baronet and Eliza Ellen Chapman, on 11 June 1908.
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Membership
At Cambridge he was a member of the Pitt Club.
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United Kingdom