23 MARCH 1912, Page 15

LORD NELSON'S BROTHER: A CORRECTION. [To TIER EDITOR OF THE

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In a letter in the Spectator of March 9th, written by a connexion of the Nelson family, it is stated among other facts that one of Lord Nelson's brothers was murdered by natives while an officer of the Indian Navy. If the writer of this letter will refer to the recently published book on the Nelsons of Burnham Thorpe by one of the Matcham family he will see that all the four brothers of Lord Nelson died natural deaths. It is astonishing that such a mistake can be made by an actual connexion of the family, and it makes the other state- ments in his letter of doubtful value.—I am, Sir, &a.,