Sir Edward Montague Nelson (5 March 1841 - 4 February 1919) was a businessman and local politician. The son of George Nelson, a gelatine manufacturer from Warwick, Edward spent most of his working life in London. He was the director of a number of businesses based in the City of London including being chairman and managing director of the Australian Chilling and Freezing Company, the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, Nelson Brothers Limited and the Central Queensland Meat Export Company, chairman of George Nelson, Dale, and Comaony, and a director of the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company. He married Mary Wallis, daughter of a doctor from Sussex in 1866.