Citizendia

Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (d. 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford KG (c 1413 &ndash July 10, 1460) was an English nobleman and soldier His great-great-great-grandson the Right Reverend William Talbot was Bishop of Oxford, of Salisbury and of Durham. William Talbot (1658 &ndash 10 October 1730) was Bishop of Oxford from 1699 to 1715 Bishop of Salisbury from 1715 to 1722 and Bishop of The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan Bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. See also List of Bishops of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican Bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in His eldest son Charles Talbot was a prominent lawyer and politician. Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot PC ( 1685 - February 14, 1737) was a British 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 Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He served as Lord Steward of the Household from 1761 to 1782. The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, is an important official of the Royal Household. 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.

On his 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 Baron Dynevor for later history of this branch of the family). Baron Dinevor, of Dinevor in the County of Carmarthen (usually spelt Dynevor is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The barony of Talbot was passed on to his nephew John, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. John Talbot (d. 1756), younger son of the first Baron, and his wife the Hon. Catherine Chetwynde, daughter of John Chetwynde, 2nd Viscount Chetwynde. He represented Castle Rising in the House of Commons. Castle Rising was a Parliamentary borough in Norfolk, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs to the House of Commons from 1558 until The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords In 1784 the earldom was revived when he was made Viscount of Ingestre, of Ingestre Hall in the County of Stafford, and Earl Talbot, of Hensol in the County of Glamorgan. Ingestre Hall rearjpg|250px|right]] Ingestre Hall is a 17th century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire which Hensol Castle (previously Hensol House is a Castellated Mansion in the Gothic architecture style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Morgannwg is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Both titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Talbot assumed by Royal license the surname and arms of Chetwynd in 1786.

On his death the titles passed to his son, the second Earl. He served under the Earl of Liverpool as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1817 to 1821. Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 &ndash 4 December 1828 was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Ard-Leifteanant na hÉireann ( Plural: Lords Lieutenant) also known as the Judiciar in the early Mediaeval period He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the third Earl. In 1856, on the death of his distant relative Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury and 17th Earl of Waterford, he succeeded as eighteenth Earl of Shrewsbury and eighteenth Earl of Waterford. For more information on him and for further history of the peerages, see the Earl of Shrewsbury. Earl of Shrewsbury (pronounced "shrows-bree" not "shrews-bree" is a title that has been created twice

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

1 John Gilbert Talbot, Member of Parliament from 1868 to 1910, who was admitted to the 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. John Gilbert Talbot PC ( 24 February 1835 - 1 February 1910) was a British Conservative politician Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. Dame Meriel Lucy Talbot DBE ( 16 June 1866 &ndash 15 December 1956) was a British public servant and women's welfare worker See also List of bishops of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England The Anglican Diocese of Pretoria is part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

Contents

Barons Talbot (1733)

Earls Talbot (1761)

Barons Talbot (1733; Reverted)

Earls Talbot (1784)

See Earl of Shrewsbury for further Earls Talbot

See also

References

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic