Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the

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. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of

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. His great-great-great-grandson, the Right Reverend William Talbot, was

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, of

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and of

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. His eldest son Charles Talbot was a prominent 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

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from 1733 to 1737. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He served as

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from 1761 to 1782. 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.

Subsequent history

On William Talbot's 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 Baron Dinevor, of Dinevor in the County of Carmarthen (usually spelt Dynevor or Dinefwr), is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 17 October 1780 for William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, with remainder to his daughter, Lady C ...

article for later history of this branch of the family). The barony of Talbot was passed on to his nephew

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, 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

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in the

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. In 1784, the earldom was revived when he was made Viscount of Ingestre, in the County of Stafford, and Earl Talbot, of Hensol in the County of

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. Both titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Talbot assumed by Royal licence the surname and arms of Chetwynd in 1786. On his death, the titles passed to his son, the second Earl. He served under the

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from 1817 to 1821. 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 () 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 ...

. Several members of junior branches of the family have also gained distinction: *The Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot, fourth son of the second Earl Talbot, was the father of: :1.

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, 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

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, who was admitted to the Privy Council in 1937, and ::Dame

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, a women's welfare worker, and :2. The Right Reverend

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from 1911 to 1923, who was the father of ::the Right Reverend Neville Stuart Talbot,

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from 1920 to 1932. * the Hon. Rev. George Gustavus Chetwynd-Talbot, fifth son of the second Earl Talbot, was the father of: :1.

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, Member of Parliament for

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Barons Talbot (1733)

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(1685–1737) * William Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot (1710–1782) (created Earl Talbot in 1761)

Earls Talbot (first creation, 1761)

William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, PC (16 May 1710 – 27 April 1782), styled as Lord Talbot from 1737 to 1761, was an English peer and Whig politician. Talbot was a notable figure among opposition Whig politicians during the reign of King Geor ...

(1710–1782)

Barons Talbot (1733; reverted)

* John Chetwynd-Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot (1749–1793) (created Earl Talbot in 1784)

Earls Talbot (second creation, 1784)

* John Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (1749–1793) * Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (1777–1849) **Charles Thomas Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (1802–1826) * Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 18th Earl of Waterford and 3rd Earl Talbot (1803–1868) :''See

for further Earls Talbot''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot 1761 establishments in Great Britain 1782 disestablishments in Great Britain 1784 establishments in Great Britain Earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain

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