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George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury

Earl of Shrewsbury (pronounced "shrows-bree" not "shrews-bree"[1]) is a title that has been created twice. The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors. Roger de Montgomerie, known as Roger the Great de Montgomery, was the first Earl of Shrewsbury. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages The title was forfeit in 1102 after the 3rd Earl, Robert of Bellême rebelled against Henry I and joined Robert Curthose's invasion of England in 1101. Robert de Bellême 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052&ndashafter 1130 also spelled Belleme or Belesme was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and one of the most prominent figures in the Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman These earls were sometimes styled Earl of Shropshire.

The title was created for a second time in the Peerage of England in 1442 when John Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot, an English general in the Hundred Years' War, was made Earl of Shrewsbury. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. John Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384/1390 &ndash 17 July 1453) was an important English military commander during the Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior The Talbot family descends from Gilbert Talbot, Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Edward III, who was summoned to Parliament as Lord Talbot in 1331. The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished Edward III (13 November 1312 &ndash 21 June 1377 was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. His great-grandson, the fourth Baron, married Ankaret, 7th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, daughter and heiress of John le Strange, 4th Baron Strange of Blackmere. In 1387, during his father's lifetime, he was summoned to Parliament as "Ricardo Talbot de Blackmere" in right of his wife. His son, the fifth Baron, also succeeded his mother as eighth Baron Strange of Blackmere.

On his early death the titles passed to his daughter Ankaret, the sixth and ninth holder of the titles. However, she died at a very young age and was succeeded by her uncle, the aforementioned seventh Baron Talbot. He married Maud Nevill, 6th Baroness Furnivall, and in 1409 he was summoned to Parliament in right of his wife as "Johann Talbot de Furnyvall". In 1442 he was created Earl of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England and in 1446 Earl of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. He was also made hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland. The Lord High Steward of Ireland is a hereditary Great Officer of State in Ireland, sometimes known as the Hereditary Great Seneschal. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He had already succeeded as seventh Baron Furnivall on his mother's death in 1433. Baron Furnivall is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. Lord Shrewsbury served as both Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Lord High Treasurer of England. The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer is an old English (after 1707, British) government position He was killed at the Battle of Northampton in 1460 during the Wars of the Roses. The Battle of Northampton was a battle in the Wars of the Roses, which took place on 10 July, 1460. The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485 were a series of dynastic Civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of Lancaster and York

His grandson, the fourth Earl, was Lord Steward of the Household between 1509 and 1538. The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, is an important official of the Royal Household. His son, the fifth Earl, was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration as Lord Talbot in 1533, five years before he succeeded his father. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" A writ in acceleration, commonly called a writ of acceleration was a type of writ of summons to the House of Lords that enabled the eldest son and Heir apparent On his death the titles passed to his son, the sixth Earl. He was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration as Lord Talbot in 1553. Lord Shrewsbury was entrusted with the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, and also served as Earl Marshal from 1572 to 1590. Earl Marshal (alternatively Marschal or Marischal) is an ancient chivalric title used separately in England, Ireland and the United He married as his second wife the famous Bess of Hardwick. Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury ( July 27[[ 527]]&ndash February 13, 1608) known as Bess of Hardwick, was the third surviving daughter

Shrewsbury was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to Lady Gertrude Manners, the seventh Earl. He represented Derbyshire in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Derbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency. 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 This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. He had no sons and on his death in 1616 the baronies of Talbot, Strange of Blackmere and Furnivall fell into abeyance between his three daughters. The title Baron Strange of/de Blackmere was created once in the Peerage of England. Baron Furnivall is an ancient title in the Peerage of England. Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping" a state of expectancy in respect of property titles or office when the right to them is not He was succeeded in the earldoms by his younger brother, the eighth Earl. He was Member of Parliament for Northumberland. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Northumberland, was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from He did not have a male heir either and was succeeded by his distant relative, the ninth Earl. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir Gilbert Talbot (d. 1518), third son of the second Earl of Shrewsbury.

He was succeeded by his nephew, the tenth Earl. He was the son of John Talbot. On his death the titles passed to his son, the eleventh Earl. He was killed in a duel with George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG, PC, FRS (10 January 1628 – 16 April 1687 was an English Statesman and poet His son, the twelfth Earl, was a prominent statesman. He was one of the Immortal Seven who in 1688 invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law James II and later served under William and Mary as Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. The Invitation to William was a letter sent by seven notable Englishmen later named the Immortal Seven, to William III Prince of Orange, received by him William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782 The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782 In 1694 he was created Marquess of Alton and Duke of Shrewsbury in the Peerage of England. The Duke was childless and on his death in 1718 the marquessate and dukedom became extinct.

He was succeeded in his other titles by his first cousin, the thirteenth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Gilbert Talbot, second son of the tenth Earl. Lord Shrewsbury was in the Holy Orders of the Church of Rome. In a general sense the term Holy Orders refers to those in the Christian religion who have been ordained in Apostolic Succession. On his death the titles passed to his nephew George, the fourteenth Earl (who was the son of the Hon. George Talbot). He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew Charles, the fifteenth Earl (who was the son of Charles Talbot). He began in 1812 the creation of the extensive gardens at Alveton Lodge, Staffordshire (later renamed Alton Towers) which estate had been in the family since the 15th century. Alton Towers is a Theme park and Resort located in the grounds of a former stately home in Staffordshire, England. When he died the titles were inherited by his nephew John, the sixteenth Earl who was the son of the Hon. John Joseph Talbot. When in 1831 the principal home of the famiy at Heythrop, Oxfordshire was destroyed by fire he moved the family seat to Alton Towers. He was succeeded by Bertram, his second cousin once removed, the seventeenth Earl who was the great-grandson of the Hon. George Talbot, younger son of the aforementioned Gilbert Talbot (d. 1711), second son of the tenth Earl.

Bertram died unmarried at an early age in 1856. By his will he left his estates to Lord Edward Howard, son of the Duke of Norfolk but the will was contested by three distant relatives and after a long and expensive legal case the House of Lords ruled in 1860 in favour of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 3rd Earl Talbot, who thus became the eighteenth Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford. He was a descendant of the aforementioned the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (d. 1518), third son of the second Earl of Shrewsbury (see the Earl Talbot for earlier history of this branch of the family). Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. He also held the titles of Baron Talbot, of Hensol in the County of Glamorgan, and Viscount of Ingestre, of Ingestre Hall in the County of Stafford. Ingestre Hall rearjpg|250px|right]] Ingestre Hall is a 17th century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire which Lord Shrewsbury was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and also served in the second Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (chief whip in the House of Lords) from 1858 to 1859. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Edward Smith-Stanley redirects here for other persons with that name see Edward Stanley Lord Stanley The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post usually held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

His eldest son, the nineteenth Earl, also served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, an office he held from 1874 to 1877 under Benjamin Disraeli. Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was He was succeeded by his son, the twentieth Earl. He caused a scandal in Victorian England by eloping with a married woman, Ellen Miller-Mundy. They were later married. On his death the titles passed to his grandson, the twenty-first Earl. He was the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre. As of 2007 the peerages are held by the twenty-first Earl's eldest son, the twenty-second Earl, who succeeded in 1980. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches. Elected by the Whole House The following peers were elected to serve as Deputy Speakers of the House of Lords. The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 He is also hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland and as the holder of this office is allowed to bear a white staff at the Coronation of the British Monarch. The Lord High Steward of Ireland is a hereditary Great Officer of State in Ireland, sometimes known as the Hereditary Great Seneschal. The Coronation of the British Monarch is a Ceremony (specifically Initiation rite) in which the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other

Lord Shrewsbury is the senior Earl on the Roll in the Peerage of England (the more senior earldom of Arundel being held by the Duke of Norfolk). Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. The title Earl of Arundel is the oldest extant Earldom and perhaps the oldest extant title in the Peerage of England. The earldom of Waterford is sometimes called the "Premier Earldom of Ireland on the Roll", as the oldest Irish earldom, that of Kildare, has been a subsidiary title of the Duke of Leinster for centuries and the Earl held the oldest Irish earldom held by anyone ranked as an Earl. Earl of Kildare is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. John FitzThomas FitzGerald the eldest son of Thomas Lord Offaly, was created Earl of Kildare The Duke of Leinster (referring to Leinster, but unlike the province pronounced " Lin -ster" is Ireland's premier peer If the Viscount Mountgarret proves his presumed claim to the 1328 earldom of Ormonde, the Earls of Shrewsbury would lose this distinction, but they derive higher precedence from their English earldom in any event. Viscount Mountgarret is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1550 for the Hon Despite holding three differently named earldoms Lord Shrewsbury is always styled simply "The Earl of Shrewsbury".

The seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury was once Alton Towers until it was sold to The Tussauds Group. Alton Towers is a Theme park and Resort located in the grounds of a former stately home in Staffordshire, England. The Tussauds Group is now part of Merlin Entertainments, the world's second largest leisure group second only to Disney. Their seat is now at Wanfield Hall in Staffordshire. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England.

Three other members of the Talbot family may also be mentioned. The Hon. John Talbot, son of the first Earl of Shrewsbury by his second wife Margaret Beauchamp, was created Viscount Lisle in 1451. John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle (1423 &ndash July 17, 1453) English nobleman and medieval soldier was the son of John Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury The title of Viscount Lisle has been created six times in the Peerage of England. Admiral the Hon. Walter Carpenter (who assumed the surname of Carpenter in lieu of his patronymic Chetwynd-Talbot), second son of the eighteenth Earl, was a naval commander and Member of Parliament. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Major-General the Hon. Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries Sir Reginald Talbot, third son of the eighteenth Earl, was a soldier, politician and colonial governor. Major-General Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB ( July 11 1841 &ndash January 15 1929) was a British military

Contents

Earls of Shrewsbury, First Creation (1074)

Barons Talbot (1331)

Earls of Shrewsbury, Second Creation (1442)

Dukes of Shrewsbury (1694)

Earls of Shrewsbury, Second Creation (1442; Reverted)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son James Richard Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1978)

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References

  1. ^ Debrett's Correct Form, 2002 edition
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