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Nelson's brother is created Earl Nelson of Trafalgar. On 9 November 1805 (which fell upon a Saturday), four days after the news of Trafalgar reached London, the London Gazette announced: "His Majesty has been pleased to grant to the Reverend William Nelson, DD, now Lord Nelson, brother and heir to the late Lord Viscount Nelson, who, after a series of transcendent and heroic services, fell gloriously on the 21st of October last, in the moment of brilliant, and decisive Victory, the Dignity of a Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Merton and Earl Nelson, of Trafalgar, and of Merton" (Nicolas, Dispatches and Letters, vii, p.304). It was of course a more exalted title than anything conferred on Nelson himself. William Haslewood, the writer of this letter, was a partner in Messrs Booth & Haslewood, and is described by Nicolas as "Nelson's intimate friend and executor", a duty he shared with the newly-ennobled brother (vii, p.xvi).

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