Edward Stuart Talbot (19 February 1844 – 30 January 1934) was an
Anglican
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bishop in the
Church of England
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and the first Warden of Keble College, Oxford. He was successively the
Bishop of Rochester
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The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...
, the
Bishop of Southwark and the
Bishop of Winchester
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.
When the First World War started in August, 1914, it was a surprise to many including Bishop Talbot who, in January, 1914, had written, ‘No year has opened with greater anxieties. It is true, thank God, that the black cloud which at the opening of 1912 hung over our relations with Germany, threatening war, has greatly lightened and dispersed.’ He was in no doubt in August,1914, that it would be an horrific war. ‘It is a sober truth that in its scale, in the numbers whom it will touch, in the amount of suffering which it may cause, there has been nothing like it in the history of Europe.’ He quoted the support given to Britain ‘by our Colonies, by the main body of American opinion, and by public feeling in Italy, all of them in a degree independent witnesses’, as indicative of the righteousness of the British cause fighting ‘for freedom’. He was very busy during the War, attending various meetings, encouraging women to take on War work, creating a Roll of Honour of clergy and clergy families who had volunteered for the Forces and chairing an ‘Enquiry intonReligion in the Army’. He himself was a strong preacher with a resonant voice and, at well over six feet in height, he looked and sounded like an ideal bishop.
Talbot's two elder brothers went to France in August,1914, as Temporary Chaplains to the Forces (TCF). Both were awarded the Military Cross. His youngest son, Gilbert, was killed in action. ‘It has pleased God that Gilbert should be taken....’, he remarked.
Education
He was educated at
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
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, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
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, president ...
until 1858. In 1862 he went up to
Christ Church, Oxford
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and graduated in 1865. He remained there until 1869 as modern history tutor.
Career
In 1869 he was appointed first warden of
Keble College, Oxford
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, and he stayed there until 1888 when he accepted the post of Vicar of
Leeds Parish Church
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, where he remained for six years (1889–1895). While still in Oxford he and his wife,
Lavinia
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Creation
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were the founders of
Lady Margaret Hall
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, the first college for women, in 1878.
[ He then held the posts of Bishops of Rochester, of Southwark and of Winchester. He was canonically elected to the See of Winchester on 19 April 1911 at ]Winchester Cathedral
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and that election was confirmed
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(by which Talbot took the See) on 1 May 1911 at St Mary-le-Bow
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. Farnham Castle
Farnham Castle is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester.
History
Built in 1138 by Henri de Blois, Bishop of Winchester, grandson of William the Conqueror, Farnham cast ...
was the traditional home of the Bishops of Winchester.
Family
His father was the Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot, son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot
Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot, KG, PC, FRS (25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was a British politician and slave holder. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland betwe ...
, and his mother was Caroline Jane Stuart-Wortley, daughter of James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, PC (6 October 1776 – 19 December 1845) was a British soldier and politician. A grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, he held office under Sir Rober ...
.
He married the Hon. Lavinia Lyttelton (born 10 October 1849), daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, 4th Baron Westcote, (31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876) was an English aristocrat and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman of the Canterbury Association, which encourag ...
and Mary née Glynne, on 29 June 1870. Their children were:
*Mary Catherine Talbot (2 October 1875 – 2 September 1957) who married Lionel Ford
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Ford was born in Paddington, London, the son ...
*Revd Edward Keble Talbot
Edward Keble Talbot (31 December 1877 – 21 October 1949) was an English Anglican priest, who was the Superior of the Community of the Resurrection, a religious community for men in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
Early life and family
Talbot wa ...
(31 December 1877 – 21 October 1949)[
*Rt Revd ]Neville Stuart Talbot
Neville Stuart Talbot MC (21 August 1879 – 3 April 1943) was Bishop of Pretoria in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and later a robust vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham and assistant Bishop of Southwell who turned down the chance ...
, Bishop of Pretoria
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History
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(21 August 1879 – 3 April 1943)[
*Lavinia Caroline Talbot (15 April 1882 – 30 September 1950)
*Gilbert Walter Lyttelton Talbot (1 September 1891 – 30 July 1915, killed in action at ]Ypres
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the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...
), and after whom the Toc H
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organisation was named
File:Frank Bernard Dicksee00.jpg, Hon. Lavinia Lyttelton (Talbot's wife; 1920) by Frank Bernard Dicksee
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File:EdwardStuartTalbot.JPG, Monument to Edward Stuart Talbot in Southwark Cathedral
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File:Sanctuary Wood Cemetery -12.JPG, Gravestone of Talbot's youngest son Gilbert
Works
He wrote the following books:
* ''Influence of Christianity on Slavery'' (1867)
* ''The War and Conscience''
* ''The Spiritual Sanctions of a League of Nations''
* ''Memories of Early Life'' (1925)
Legacy
The Hall and one face of the Wolfson quadrangle of Lady Margaret Hall
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was named the Talbot Building after him: it was opened in 1910.
The Talbot Fund at Keble College, established in 1999, also bears his name.
A memorial to Talbot stands in Southwark Cathedral in the form of a bronze effigy atop a stone tomb, by sculptor Cecil Thomas.
Footnotes
Sources
*Dictionary of National Biography
External links
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1844 births
1934 deaths
20th-century Church of England bishops
Bishops of Rochester
Bishops of Southwark
Bishops of Winchester
People educated at Charterhouse School
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Wardens of Keble College, Oxford
Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
Presidents of the Oxford Union