Earl Talbot

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Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great-grandson, the Right Reverend William Talbot, was Bishop of Oxford, of Salisbury and of Durham. His eldest son Charles Talbot was a prominent lawyer and politician. In 1733, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan, and then served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737.

He was succeeded by

from 1761 to 1782. In 1761, he was created Earl Talbot and in 1780, Baron Dynevor, of Dynevor in the County of Carmarthen, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The earldom was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body, while the barony was created with remainder to his daughter Cecil, wife of George Rice, and her issue male.

Subsequent history

On William Talbot's death in 1782, the earldom became extinct, while he was succeeded in the barony of Dynevor according to the special remainder by his daughter Cecil (see the

. Both titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Talbot assumed by Royal licence the surname and arms of Chetwynd in 1786.

On his death, the titles passed to his son, the second Earl. He served under the

.

Several members of junior branches of the family have also gained distinction:

• The Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot, fourth son of the second Earl Talbot, was the father of:

1.

Privy Council

in 1897 and who was the father of:

Sir George John Talbot, a Judge of the High Court of Justice

, who was admitted to the Privy Council in 1937, and

Dame

Meriel Lucy Talbot

, a women's welfare worker, and

2. The Right Reverend

Edward Stuart Talbot, Bishop of Winchester

from 1911 to 1923, who was the father of

the Right Reverend Neville Stuart Talbot,

Bishop of Pretoria

from 1920 to 1932.

• the Hon. Rev. George Gustavus Chetwynd-Talbot, fifth son of the second Earl Talbot, was the father of:

1. Gustavus Talbot, Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead

Barons Talbot (1733)

• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (1685–1737)
• William Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (1710–1782) (created Earl Talbot in 1761)

Earls Talbot (first creation, 1761)

• William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (1710–1782)

Barons Talbot (1733; reverted)

• John Chetwynd-Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot (1749–1793) (created Earl Talbot in 1784)

Earls Talbot (second creation, 1784)

• John Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (1749–1793)
• Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (1777–1849)
  • Charles Thomas Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (1802–1826)
• Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 18th Earl of Waterford and 3rd Earl Talbot (1803–1868)

See Earl of Shrewsbury for further Earls Talbot.

Family tree

Earls of Waterford

Baron Talbot (1st creation), 1331) Gilbert Talbot c. 1276/1277–1346 1st Baron Talbot Richard Talbot c. 1306–1356 2nd Baron Talbot Gilbert Talbot 1332–1387 3rd Baron Talbot Ankaret le Strange 1361–1413 7th Baroness Strange of Blackmere Earl of Waterford , 1446 Gilbert Talbot c. 1383–1419 8th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 5th Baron Talbot, John Talbot 1390–1453 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 10th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 7th Baron Talbot, 6th Baron Furnivall jure uxoris Ankaret Talbot d. 1421 9th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 6th Baroness Talbot John Talbot 1413–1460 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 11th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 8th Baron Talbot, 7th Baron Furnivall John Talbot 1448–1473 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot, 8th Baron Furnivall Gilbert Talbot 1452–1517 George Talbot 1468–1538 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 13th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 10th Baron Talbot, 9th Baron Furnivall John Talbot c. 1485–1549 Francis Talbot 1500–1560 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 14th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 11th Baron Talbot, 10th Baron Furnivall John Talbot d. 1555 John Talbot d. 1581 George Talbot 1528–1590 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 15th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 12th Baron Talbot, 11th Baron Furnivall John Talbot of Grafton 1545–1611 Sherrington Talbot (1577–c. 1642) Gilbert Talbot 1552–1616 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 16th Baron Strange of Blackmere, 13th Baron Talbot, 12th Baron Furnivall Edward Talbot 1561–1617 8th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford George Talbot 1567–1630 9th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford John Talbot (d. c. 1607) William Talbot d. 1686 Alethea Howard 1585–1654 17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 14th Baroness Talbot, 13th Baroness Furnivall Thomas Howard 1585–1646 Earl of Arundel John Talbot 1601–1654 10th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford William Talbot 1658–1730 Barons Talbot (1st creation), Barons Furnivall, Barons Strange of Blackmere continued in Dukes of Norfolk family tree Barons Talbot (2nd creation – of Hensol), 1733 Francis Talbot 1623–1667 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford Gilbert Talbot d. 1711 Charles Talbot 1685–1737 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol Marquess of Alton, 1694 Earl Talbot (1st creation), 1761 Baron Dynevor, 1780 William Talbot 1710–1782 Earl Talbot and Baron Dynevor, 2nd Baron Talbot of Hensol John Talbot 1712–1756 Dukedom of Shrewsbury extinct, 1718 Earldom Talbot (1st creation) extinct, 1782 Earl Talbot (2nd creation) of Hensol in the County of Glamorgan and Viscount of Ingestre , in the County of Stafford, 1784 George Talbot 1719–1787 14th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford Charles Talbot 1722–1766 Francis Talbot 1728–1813 John Chetwynd-Talbot 1749–1793 1st Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 3rd Baron Talbot of Hensol Charles Talbot 1753–1827 15th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford Joseph Talbot 1765–1815 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 1777–1849 2nd Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 4th Baron Talbot of Hensol John Talbot 1791–1852 16th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford John Talbot 1782–1838 Henry Chetwynd-Talbot 1803–1868 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 3rd Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 5th Baron Talbot of Hensol Bertram Talbot 1832–1856 17th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 1830–1877 19th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 6th Baron Talbot of Hensol Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 1860–1921 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 7th Baron Talbot of Hensol Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 1882–1915 John Chetwynd-Talbot 1914–1980 21st Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 8th Baron Talbot of Hensol Charles Chetwynd-Talbot b. 1952 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl of Waterford, 7th Earl Talbot and Viscount of Ingestre, 9th Baron Talbot of Hensol James Chetwynd-Talbot b. 1978 styled Viscount Ingestre George Chetwynd-Talbot b. 2013

See also

• Baron Dynevor
• Viscount Chetwynd
• Baron Talbot
• Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel
• Talbot baronets

References

• Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
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