Henry Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford

Henry Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford

Henry George Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson of Stafford (2 January 191719 January 1995) was an English engineer.

The son of George Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford, Nelson attended the University of Cambridge. He then worked for his father's company English Electric, becoming Chairman on his father's death in 1962. In 1968 EE was taken over by GEC, and Nelson became Chairman of that company until his retirement in 1983.


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