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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Nelson was born at Bentham, [[~~Gloucestershire~~]], ~~near~~ [[~~Brockworth~~]], to Henry Ellis Hay Nelson and Catherine Haviland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Nelson, Sir Frank (1883–1966), intelligence officer\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35198;jsessionid=F11E9337F8470662C5A8503AE73B0757\|access-date=2021-09-10\|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35198}}</ref> He attended [[Bedford School]] and Neuenheim College, Heidelberg. After leaving school he travelled to India with Symons, Barlow and Co, eventually becoming a senior partner.<ref name=":0" />		Nelson was born at Bentham, near [[Brockworth]], [[Gloucestershire]], to Henry Ellis Hay Nelson and Catherine Haviland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Nelson, Sir Frank (1883–1966), intelligence officer\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35198;jsessionid=F11E9337F8470662C5A8503AE73B0757\|access-date=2021-09-10\|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35198}}</ref> He attended [[Bedford School]] and Neuenheim College, [[Heidelberg]]. After leaving school he travelled to India with the firm of Symons, Barlow and Co, eventually becoming a senior partner.<ref name=":0" />

	=== First World War and political career ===		=== First World War and political career ===
	During the [[First World War]] he served as an officer with the [[Bombay Light Horse]]. In 1922 he was appointed chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, and was made President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon in 1923.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50934/NELSON_Sir_Frank?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0\|title=Who's Who\|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref>		During the [[First World War]] he served as an officer with the [[Bombay Light Horse]]. In 1922 he was appointed chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, and was made President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon in 1923.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50934/NELSON_Sir_Frank?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0\|title=Who's Who\|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref>

	Nelson served on the legislative council of Bombay from 1922 to 1924. He received a knighthood in 1924 and moved back to England, where he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)\|Stroud]] at the [[1924 United Kingdom general election]]. He was reelected in [[1929 United Kingdom general election\|1929]] ~~abd~~ [[resignation from the British House of Commons\|resigned his seat]] in May 1931.		Nelson served on the legislative council of Bombay from 1922 to 1924. He received a knighthood in 1924 and moved back to England, where he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)\|Stroud]] at the [[1924 United Kingdom general election]]. He was reelected in [[1929 United Kingdom general election\|1929]] and [[resignation from the British House of Commons\|resigned his seat]] in May 1931.

	=== Second World War and the SOE ===		=== Second World War and the SOE ===
	At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] he was the Consul to [[Basel]], working in intelligence, but as Germany invaded France in 1940, he was driven by Richard Arnold-Baker, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to the mouth of the [[Gironde estuary\|Gironde]] where the ''Nariva'' took them back to London so that he could take over the [[Special Operations Executive]] or SOE. He was appointed as its chief by order of the [[War Office]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|date=13 August 1966\|title=Obituary: Sir Frank Nelson\|page=10\|work=[[The Times]]\|issue=56709}}</ref>		At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] he was the Consul to [[Basel]], working in intelligence, but as Germany invaded France in 1940, he was driven by Richard Arnold-Baker, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to the mouth of the [[Gironde estuary\|Gironde]] where the ''Nariva'' took them back to London so that he could take over the [[Special Operations Executive]] or SOE. He was appointed as its chief by order of the [[War Office]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|date=13 August 1966\|title=Obituary: Sir Frank Nelson\|page=10\|work=[[The Times]]\|issue=56709}}</ref>

	Nelson, despite the government's objections, urged the war ministry to allow the SOE to support resistance groups in Europe.<ref name=":0" />		Nelson, despite the government's objections, urged the war ministry to allow the SOE to support resistance groups in Europe.<ref name=":0" />

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	He wore himself out establishing the organisation, and retired in 1942 due to ill health. He had married in 1911 Jean, daughter of Colonel Patrick Montgomerie; they had one son. She died in 1952 and he then married Dorothy Moira Carling. He died in Oxford on 11 August 1966. His second wife survived him.<ref name=":1" />		He wore himself out establishing the organisation, and retired in 1942 due to ill health. He had married in 1911 Jean, daughter of Colonel Patrick Montgomerie; they had one son. She died in 1952 and he then married Dorothy Moira Carling. He died in [[Oxford]] on 11 August 1966. His second wife survived him.<ref name=":1" />

	== References ==		== References ==

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| honorific_prefix = [[Air Commodore]]
| name = Sir Frank Nelson
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]]
| birth_date = 5 August 1883
| death_date = 11 August 1966
}}
'''Sir Frank Nelson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG}} (5 August 1883 – 11 August 1966) was a British civil servant, intelligence officer and politician.

== Life ==
Nelson was born at Bentham, [[Gloucestershire]], near [[Brockworth]], to Henry Ellis Hay Nelson and Catherine Haviland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Nelson, Sir Frank (1883–1966), intelligence officer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35198;jsessionid=F11E9337F8470662C5A8503AE73B0757|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35198}}</ref> He attended [[Bedford School]] and Neuenheim College, Heidelberg. After leaving school he travelled to India with Symons, Barlow and Co, eventually becoming a senior partner.<ref name=":0" />

=== First World War and political career ===
During the [[First World War]] he served as an officer with the [[Bombay Light Horse]]. In 1922 he was appointed chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, and was made President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon in 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U50934/NELSON_Sir_Frank?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref>

Nelson served on the legislative council of Bombay from 1922 to 1924. He received a knighthood in 1924 and moved back to England, where he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]] at the [[1924 United Kingdom general election]]. He was reelected in [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] abd [[resignation from the British House of Commons|resigned his seat]] in May 1931.

=== Second World War and the SOE ===
At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] he was the Consul to [[Basel]], working in intelligence, but as Germany invaded France in 1940, he was driven by Richard Arnold-Baker, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to the mouth of the [[Gironde estuary|Gironde]] where the ''Nariva'' took them back to London so that he could take over the [[Special Operations Executive]] or SOE. He was appointed as its chief by order of the [[War Office]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=13 August 1966|title=Obituary: Sir Frank Nelson|page=10|work=[[The Times]]|issue=56709}}</ref>

Nelson, despite the government's objections, urged the war ministry to allow the SOE to support resistance groups in Europe.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
He wore himself out establishing the organisation, and retired in 1942 due to ill health. He had married in 1911 Jean, daughter of Colonel Patrick Montgomerie; they had one son. She died in 1952 and he then married Dorothy Moira Carling. He died in Oxford on 11 August 1966. His second wife survived him.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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*[http://www.stroud-history.org.uk/articles.php?article_id=11 Obituary at the Stroud History Website taken from ''The Times'']

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | sir-frank-nelson | Sir Frank Nelson }}

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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]]
| before = [[Freddie Guest]]
| after = [[Walter Perkins (Stroud MP)|Walter Perkins]]
| years = [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] – [[1931 Stroud by-election|1931]]
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