Gray Nelson

Graydon Brian Nelson QSO (born 8 May 1927) is a former New Zealand public servant and diplomat.

Early life and family[]

Nelson spent his childhood in Taranaki, then the Auckland suburb of Epsom, and was educated at St Peter's College where he was a foundation pupil in 1939.

In 1956, Nelson married Mary Anne Butler O’Connell, and the couple had three children.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

Nelson began working in the Department of Lands and Survey in 1952 and later in the New Zealand Parliament^[1] and was private secretary to six New Zealand prime ministers: Keith Holyoake, Jack Marshall, Norman Kirk,^[1] Bill Rowling, Robert Muldoon,^[2] and Michael Moore. He also held the diplomatic position of counsellor at the New Zealand High Commission to the United Kingdom between 1978 and 1981.^[2]

Honours[]

In the 1987 New Year Honours, Nelson was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Grant, David (2014), The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk, Auckland, NZ: Random House, p. 227, ISBN 978 1 77553 579 9
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b R.D. Muldoon, Muldooon, A H & A W Reed, Wellington, 1977, p. 142.
^ "No. 50766". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1986. p. 34.

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[Grant-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Grant, David (2014), The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk, Auckland, NZ: Random House, p. 227, ISBN 978 1 77553 579 9

[Reed-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b R.D. Muldoon, Muldooon, A H & A W Reed, Wellington, 1977, p. 142.

[3] "No. 50766". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1986. p. 34.

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