Peerage Record – 5768

     Shellagh Alston Gartlan is the daughter of Herbert V. Gartlan.¹ She married John Alban Horatio Nelson Coulston, son of Captain Henry Charles Coulston and Lady Edith Mary Josephine Nelson, in 1956.¹ She and John Alban Horatio Nelson Coulston were divorced in 1966.¹
     Her married name became Coulston.

     Dr. Jonathan Charles Nelson Coulston was born on 5 July 1957.¹ He is the son of John Alban Horatio Nelson Coulston and Shellagh Alston Gartlan.¹ He married Hazel Dodge on 1 September 2000.¹
     He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated with a MAster of philosophy (M.Phil.)¹ He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)¹ He was a lecturer at St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.¹

     Nicola Mary Coulston was born in 1959. She is the daughter of John Alban Horatio Nelson Coulston and Shellagh Alston Gartlan.¹

     Hon. Mary Winifred Nelson was born on 3 July 1899.¹ She is the daughter of Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton and Geraldine Cave.¹ She died on 14 June 1984 at age 84.¹

     Hon. Geraldine Mary Diana Nelson was born on 23 October 1900.¹ She is the daughter of Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton and Geraldine Cave.¹ She died on 4 September 1982 at age 81.¹
     Hon. Geraldine Mary Diana Nelson usually went by her middle name of Diana.¹ She was a nurse.¹

     Maureen Diana Quin is the daughter of Edward Patrick Quinn.² She married Peter John Horatio Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton, son of Hon. John Marie Joseph Horatio Nelson and Kathleen Mary Burr, in 1969.¹ She and Peter John Horatio Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton were divorced in 1992.¹
     Her married name became Nelson. After her marriage, Maureen Diana Quin was styled as Countess Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton on 21 September 1981.

     Tracy Margaret Cowie is the daughter of Raymond James Cowie. She married Peter John Horatio Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton, son of Hon. John Marie Joseph Horatio Nelson and Kathleen Mary Burr, on 26 September 1992.¹
     After her marriage, Tracy Margaret Cowie was styled as Countess Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton on 26 September 1992. From 26 September 1992, her married name became Nelson.

     Raymond James Cowie lived at Morden, Surrey, England^G.

     Simon John Horatio Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton was born on 21 September 1971.¹ He is the son of Peter John Horatio Nelson, 9th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton and Maureen Diana Quin.¹ He married, secondly, Anna Stekerova.²
     He was styled as Viscount Merton between 1981 and 2009. He succeeded as the 11th Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough, co. Norfolk [U.K., 1801] on 28 March 2009. He succeeded as the 10th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton on 28 March 2009.³ After his marriage, Simon John Horatio Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton was styled as 10th Viscount Merton of Trafalgar and of Merton, co. Surrey [U.K., 1805] on 28 March 2009.