Albert Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson
Albert Francis Joseph Horatio Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson, FRGS, FRSA, FZS, styled Viscount Merton between 1947 and 1951, was a British peer.
He was the oldest son of The Hon. Edward Nelson and Geraldine Cave; he was educated at Downside School and Maredsous Abbey. He fought in World War I in the Australian Imperial Force. A lecturer in astronomy and anthropology, he was appointed Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
On 16 January 1924, he married Amelia Cooper, a Californian and widow of John C. Scott. They were divorced in 1925. In 1927, he married Marguerite Helen O'Sullivan in Scotland. They were married again in England in 1942. The Earl died childless in 1957 and was succeeded by his brother.
