Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

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GCVO DSO PC
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
27 April 1921 – 6 December 1922
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Preceded byThe Viscount French
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1855-06-01)1 June 1855
Died18 May 1947(1947-05-18) (aged 91)
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Lady Mary Bertie
(1859–1938)
ChildrenHon. Mary Fitzalan-Howard
Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
Parent(s)Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk
Hon. Augusta Lyons

Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland.[1][2]

Background

FitzAlan was the second son of

Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832–1856) provided he took the surname and arms of "Talbot", which he did by royal licence in 1876.[3][4] However, the late earl's distant relatives contested the will, and the peerage and concomitant property were awarded after much litigation to Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 3rd Earl Talbot, leaving Lord Edmund Talbot with only scattered minor lands.[3] He returned to the use of his paternal name by royal licence in 1921,[5] shortly after being raised to the peerage.[2]

Career

Talbot was elected member of parliament for Chichester in 1894, a seat he held until 1921.

In 1899 he was appointed, by

Lord of the Treasury in 1905 and under H. H. Asquith and later David Lloyd George as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1915 to 1921 (jointly from December 1916 onwards). In 1918 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[2]

On 27 April 1921 he was appointed

Daily Chronicle observed that "the concillatory motive of his appointment [being a Roman Catholic] is obvious...it is an olive branch in place of a dictatorship."[8]

However, his tenure as Lord Lieutenant lasted only a year and a half. The post was abolished with the coming into existence of the

constitution in 1922. The position was replaced by the offices of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State and the Governor of Northern Ireland. The day after his appointment as Lord Lieutenant he was raised to the Peerage as Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, of Derwent in the County of Derby.[9] In addition, during the minority of his nephew the 16th Duke of Norfolk, who succeeded to the dukedom in 1917, he served as Deputy Earl Marshal.[2]

He was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG) in 1925.[10]

Personal life

FitzAlan married Lady Mary Bertie, daughter of Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon, on 5 August 1879. They lived at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park and had two children:

FitzAlan died on 18 May 1947 at the age of 91, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, Henry.

In his thirties, FitzAlan – then known as Lord Edmund Talbot – was the patron of Chichester City F.C.

Titles

  • 1855–1856: The Honourable Edmund Fitzalan-Howard
  • 1856–1876: The Lord Edmund Fitzalan-Howard
  • 1876–1921: The Lord Edmund Talbot
  • 1921–1947: The Right Honourable The Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

References

  1. ^ Government of Ireland Act 1920[circular reference]
  2. ^ a b c d "Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent". The Tablet: 4. 24 May 1947. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b Brenan, Gerald (1907). The House of Howard. Vol. II. London: Hutchinson. pp. 669–670.
  4. ^ "No. 24349". The London Gazette. 28 July 1876. p. 4254.
  5. ^ "No. 32364". The London Gazette. 21 June 1921. p. 4906.
  6. ^ Arundel Castle Archives CDH series
  7. ^ "Government of Ireland Act 1920 (as assented to)". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
  8. ^ The New York Times, 2 April 1921
  9. ^ "No. 32311". The London Gazette. 3 May 1921. p. 3541.
  10. ^ "Knighthood of the Most Noble Order of the Garter" (PDF). The London Gazette. 1 May 1925. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Chichester
1894 – 1921 		Succeeded by
Sir William Bird
Political offices
Preceded by
Hon. Frederick Guest
1917–1921 		Succeeded by
Leslie Orme Wilson
Government offices
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1921–1922 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
1921–1947 		Succeeded by
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