Bertram Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury
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Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury, 17th Earl of Waterford (11 December 1832 – 10 August 1856) was a British nobleman. Talbot was educated by private tutors. He succeeded his second cousin
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Earl of Shrewsbury Earl of Shrewsbury () is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England. The second earldom dates to 1442. The holder of the Earldom of Shrewsbury also holds the title of Earl of Waterford (1446) in the Peerage of Ireland ...
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in 1852. He was appointed to the ceremonial post of
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on 9 March 1854 and as a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire on 9 June 1854. Shrewsbury died two years later, on 10 August 1856, and his peerages passed to the next male-line relative, the 3rd Earl Talbot, in the only major leap of the title. They shared the same ancestor nine generations back: John Talbot (died 1549).


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shrewsbury, Bertram Talbot, 17th Earl of 1832 births 1856 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire Earls of Shrewsbury Earls of Waterford Talbot family