Two 1806 Vellum Documents That Confer Titles Upon The Brother Of British Hero Horatio Nelson

Admiral was a British Naval Hero of many battles and conquests. As Horatio had no heirs, many of his titles died with him. To quote Wikipedia: "Since Nelson died without legitimate issue, his viscountcy and his barony created in 1798, both "of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk", became extinct upon his death. However, the barony created in 1801, "of the Nile and of Hilborough in the County of Norfolk", passed by a special remainder, which included Nelson's father and sisters and their male issue, to William Nelson, who was Nelson's older brother. In November 1805, William Nelson was created Earl Nelson and Viscount Merton, of Trafalgar and of Merton in the County of Surrey, in recognition of his late brother's services, and he also inherited the dukedom of Bronte."
After Nelson's death, his elder brother and heir William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, was granted a further augmentation: On a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR. This additional augmentation was not used by those who succeeded him in the earldom, including the present Earl Nelson.
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