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About Robert Nelles
- Robert Nelles (October 6, 1761 – July 27, 1842) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Tryon County, New York in 1761.
- His father served in the Indian Department.
- Robert was made a lieutenant in the department in 1780 and served during the American Revolution, leading raids into the interior of New York state.
- After the war, father and son settled in the Grand River valley and received several large land grants in the Niagara District.
- Nelles built mills and a store on the current site of the town of Grimsby.
- In 1797, he was appointed Indian agent in the region for a brief time.
- In 1800, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in West York, 1st Lincoln & Haldimand and served until 1808.
- He joined the local militia during the War of 1812, eventually becoming lieutenant-colonel.
- In 1814, he replaced Joseph Willcocks in the legislative assembly in a by-election for 1st Lincoln and Haldimand, serving until 1820. He died in Grimsby in 1842.
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