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Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson

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Simon John Horatio Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson (born 21 September 1971), styled Viscount Merton between 1981 and 2009,[1] is a British police officer and peer, having succeeded as Earl Nelson on the death of his father, Peter Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson, in March 2009.[2]

Biography

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Lord Nelson is the son of Peter, 9th Earl Nelson, from his first marriage to Maureen Diana Quinn.[2]

Like his father before him, he is a serving police officer. In 1993, when he was still styled as Lord Merton, he married Ikuko Umekage (marriage dissolved 1996); in 1999 he married Anna Stekerova[2] (born 1979) with whom he has two children: his son and heir apparent Thomas John Horatio Nelson, Viscount Merton (born 27 April 2010), and Lady Daisy Nelson (born 27 January 2006).[3]

References

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Nelson
2009-present
Incumbent