Bertram Nelson

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Bertram Nelson CBE (1905–1984) was a senior partner at Lithgow Nelson & Co and as President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants played a leading role in its amalgamation with the ICAEW[1] in 1957. His wide variety of roles reflected his interest in supporting the development of the accountancy profession as well as business, education and the arts in Liverpool :

  • Honorary Secretary of the (1938-1953)[2]
  • Member of BBC North Regional Council (1947-1957)[3]
  • Director of the Liverpool Playhouse (1949-1963)[4]
  • Chairman of the (1951-1953)[5]
  • Chairman of the (1952-1965)[6]
  • Director of (1956)
  • Member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (1951-1965)[7]
  • President of the Liverpool Athenaeum (1962)
  • Senior Pro-Chancellor,[8] Liverpool University (1967-1973)[9]
  • Member of Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (1967 - 1976)[10]
  • Chairman of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo PLC (1972-1976)[11]
  • Chairman (1980-1983)

At a national level his roles included :

He married Eleanor Kinsey in June, 1954. He was made a CBE in the 1956 New Year Honours.[21]

Publications[]

He was author of Nelson's Tables: Company Procedure : Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement first published in 1933. The eleventh and final edition of this book was published in 1990 ISBN 978-085-121692-8.

References[]

  1. ^ Parker, Robert (2012). Major contributors to the British accountancy profession: A biographical sourcebook (PDF). ICAS. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-904574-85-9.
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  8. ^ "Officers of University College and University" (PDF). University of Liverpool.[permanent dead link]
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  12. ^ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
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  14. ^ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
  15. ^ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
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  18. ^ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
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  21. ^ "1956 New Year Honours".
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