Nelson Lawson

Nelson Simmons Lawson (1 May 1806 – 3 February 1849) was an Australian politician.

He was born at sea on the Lady Nelson, the son of William Lawson and Sarah Leadbeater. His first wife was Sarah Anne Kirke; on 7 January 1836 he remarried Honoria Mary Dickinson, with whom he had five children. From 1849 to 1849 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Lawson died near Prospect in 1849.