Peerage Record – 5760

     Captain Maurice Henry Horatio Nelson was born on 17 November 1864.¹ He was the son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Maurice Horatio Nelson and Emily Burrard.¹ He died on 23 December 1942 at age 78, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.¹

     Reverend Edward John Nelson was born on 4 October 1867.¹ He was the son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Maurice Horatio Nelson and Emily Burrard.¹ He married Katherine Elizabeth Knollys, daughter of Frederick Robert Knollys and Laura Caroline Bristow, on 4 October 1898.¹ He died in 1940, without issue.¹
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was the Rector between 1902 and 1928 at Blendworth, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Katherine Elizabeth Knollys was the daughter of Frederick Robert Knollys and Laura Caroline Bristow.¹ She married Reverend Edward John Nelson, son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Maurice Horatio Nelson and Emily Burrard, on 4 October 1898.¹ She died on 2 January 1936.¹
     She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Victoria.² Her married name became Nelson.

     Gerard Heer van Heemstede was born in 1320.¹ He married Maria van Duivenvoorde, daughter of Jan I van Duivenvoorde Heer van Breda Castricum en Heemskerk and Catharina van Brederode Vrouwe van Polanen, on 13 May 1346.¹ He died in 1380.¹

     Charles Burrard Nelson was born on 27 November 1868.¹ He was the son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Maurice Horatio Nelson and Emily Burrard.¹ He married Anna Geraldine Kitson Glencross, daughter of Reverend Ernest Henry Glencross, on 10 February 1904.¹ He died on 2 August 1931 at age 62.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.¹

     Anna Geraldine Kitson Glencross was born circa 1880.¹ She was the daughter of Reverend Ernest Henry Glencross.¹ She married Charles Burrard Nelson, son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Maurice Horatio Nelson and Emily Burrard, on 10 February 1904.¹ She died on 10 January 1969.¹
     Anna Geraldine Kitson Glencross usually went by her middle name of Geraldine.² Her married name became Nelson.

     Reverend Ernest Henry Glencross was the Vicar at Morval, Cornwall, England^G.¹

     John Charles Horatio Nelson was born on 11 May 1905.¹ He was the son of Charles Burrard Nelson and Anna Geraldine Kitson Glencross.¹ He married Alice Helen Rainey-Robinson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Maximilian Rainey-Robinson and Alice Frances Hildebrand, on 28 April 1934.¹ He died on 20 June 1994 at age 89.¹

     Alice Helen Rainey-Robinson was born in 1910.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Maximilian Rainey-Robinson and Alice Frances Hildebrand.¹ She married John Charles Horatio Nelson, son of Charles Burrard Nelson and Anna Geraldine Kitson Glencross, on 28 April 1934.¹ She died in 2005.³
     Her married name became Nelson. She lived in 2003 at Forestgate, Landford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Robert Maximilian Rainey-Robinson was born in 1861.² He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Arthur Jacob Macan Rainey and Caroline Susannah Robinson. He married Alice Frances Hildebrand, daughter of Arthur Hedding Hildebrand and Alice Mary Miller, in 1903.² He died on 20 February 1932.
     He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was given the name of Robert Maximilian Rainey at birth. In 1897 his name was legally changed to Robert Maximilian Rainey-Robinson.³ He lived at Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset, England^G.¹