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Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 22nd Earl of Waterford, 7th Earl Talbot, (born 18 December 1952), styled Viscount Ingestre until 1980, is an English nobleman and the
Lord High Steward of Ireland The Lord High Steward of Ireland is a hereditary Great Officer of State in the United Kingdom, sometimes known as the Hereditary Great Seneschal. The Earls of Shrewsbury (Earls of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland) have held the office since th ...
. He is the premier earl in the
Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
as the
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 ...
(created 1442), and in the
Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...
as the
Earl of Waterford Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Old Norse, Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "Germanic ch ...
(1446). He also holds the titles of
Earl Talbot 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- ...
and
Baron Talbot Baron Talbot is a title that has been created twice. The title was created first in the Peerage of England. On 5 June 1331, Sir Gilbert Talbot was summoned to Parliament, by which he was held to have become Baron Talbot. The title Lord Talbot, ...
. In 2022, the Conduct Committee recommended that he be suspended from the House of Lords for nine months for misconduct. The Conservative whip was removed.


Background and education

Shrewsbury is the fifth child and eldest son of
John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 21st Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot (21 January 1914 – 12 November 1980), styled Viscount of Ingestre from 1915 to 1921, was a British peer. Life He was the son of Charles John Alton Ch ...
, and his first wife, Nadine Crofton, a daughter of Brigadier General Cyril Randell Crofton.
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was the third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947, the only memb ...
, was his godfather. His parents divorced in 1963. He was educated at
Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...
. He is a direct descendant of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot KG (c. 1387–1453), an English military commander of the
Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
.


Career

Shrewsbury joined the
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when he succeeded to his father's peerages in 1980, at that time enjoying the automatic right to sit in parliament. He lost the right as a result of the reforms of the
House of Lords Act 1999 The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries, the House of Lords ...
, but is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected at that time to sit in the Lords. He has served as a
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for the
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. From 1992 to 1998, Shrewsbury was the first
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of the
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and was awarded an honorary degree of
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. In 1994 he was appointed a
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to the
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, Sir James Hawley. He is High Steward of
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, a former president of the Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust, patron or honorary president of a number of charities or voluntary bodies, and patron of ten
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s. An enthusiastic supporter of country sports, Shrewsbury is a former president of the Gun Trade Association and remains deputy-chairman of the Standing Conference on Country Sports. He is a liveryman of three
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livery companies: the companies of
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, Gunmakers and
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. He is a former chairman of the Firearms Consultative Committee at the Home Office, and former chairman and president of the
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. Shrewsbury has sold manorial titles. He retired as director and deputy chairman of the
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and then was appointed as president of the
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.


SpectrumX

In April 2022, the
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began an investigation into an allegation that Shrewsbury had failed to comply with rules preventing peers from profiting financially from their membership of the Lords. He was largely exonerated in May, when the Commissioner concluded that he was guilty of a minor breach of the peers' Code of Conduct and ordered him to write a letter of apology. In August 2022, the House of Lords commissioners for standards launched a second investigation into Shrewsbury's dealings with SpectrumX, a healthcare firm that had paid him £3,000 a month between the summer of 2020 and January 2022, after leaked documents revealed that he had boasted of "very considerable" potential to open doors for SpectrumX, through what he described as his "high-level contacts". In September 2022, the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists concluded that Shrewsbury had failed to register his company, Talbot Consulting Ltd, before contacting Lady Barran, a junior minister at the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and
Alex Burghart Michael Alex Burghart (born 7 September 1977) is a British politician, academic and former teacher who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he was formerly a special ad ...
, a junior education minister, regarding SpectrumX. The registrar found that Shrewsbury had contravened the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. In October 2022, it was revealed that Shrewsbury had failed to register that he was being paid by SpectrumX. This contradicted his earlier claims that he had reported his financial interest when promoting a SpectrumX product in 2021. On 16 December 2022 the House of Lords
Conduct Committee The Conduct Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a remit oversee the Codes of Conduct and coordinate with the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards. The committee was establishe ...
recommended that he be suspended from the House of Lords for nine months after being paid £57,000 over two years to lobby ministers and officials, which was described as "extremely serious" misconduct that damaged the reputation of the House of Lords.


Family

On 5 January 1973, Shrewsbury married Deborah Jane Hutchinson, a daughter of Noel Staughton Hutchinson and Jenifer Hutchinson of Ellerton, Shropshire. They have three children: *Victoria Chetwynd-Talbot (born 7 September 1975). Married Daniel Goodall in 2005 and has one child, **Charlie Goodall (born 15 September 2006) *James Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (born 11 January 1978). Married Polly Blackie of Debden, Essex, in 2006, and has four children: **Matilda Chetwynd-Talbot (born 3 November 2008) **Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (born 20 February 2010) **Flora Chetwynd-Talbot (born 30 September 2011) **George Chetwynd-Talbot (born 3 May 2013) *Edward Chetwynd-Talbot (born 18 September 1981). Married Rosie Myers of Scamblesby, Lincolnshire, in 2010; has one daughter: ** Jemima Grey Chetwynd-Talbot Shrewsbury and his family live near Ashbourne in Derbyshire – a house a few yards into
Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
. Lady Shrewsbury was
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in 2001–2002.Privy Council Office notice in ''
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'', Issue 56155, 22 March 2021
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Arms


References

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Some Maternal Ancestry
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