Edmund Nelson

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Edmund Nelson (b. 19 March 1722) was an English reverend and rector, and the father of famed Admiral Horatio Nelson.

Nelson was born in Cambridge. He was baptised on 29 March 1723 in East Brandenham, Norfolk. He married Catherine Suckling on May 11, 1749 in Bath, Somerset, and died there at the age of 80. He was the rector of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk.

Nelson had 11 children with Suckling: Edmund Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Maurice Nelson, Susannah Nelson, Reverend William Nelson, Admiral Horatio Nelson, Anne Nelson, Edmund Nelson, Suckling Nelson, George Nelson and Catherine Nelson.

Three died during infancy: the first Edmund and Horatio, and George Nelson.

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