Frank Nelson

Sir Frank Nelson (5 August 1883 – 11 August 1966) was a British civil servant, intelligence officer and politician. Life Nelson was born at Bentham, near Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Henry Ellis Hay Nelson and Catherine Haviland. 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. 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. 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 for Stroud at the 1924 United Kingdom general election. He was reelected in 1929 and resigned his seat in May 1931.