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Frances Nelson, Viscountess Nelson

d. 1831 · 19th century · Also known as Fanny Nelson, Frances Nisbet

Frances Nelson, Viscountess Nelson, born Frances Woolward on Nevis, was the wife of Horatio Nelson. Widowed after her first marriage to the physician Josiah Nisbet, she married Nelson on Nevis in March 1787. The couple separated in 1801 after Nelson's affair with Emma Hamilton became public, and she lived in England until her death in 1831.

Frances Nelson, Viscountess Nelson
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