Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (1 June 1855 – 18 May 1947), known as The Honourable Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1855 and 1856, Lord Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1856 and 1876, and Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British

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politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the first

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to be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland since the 17th century, holding office when

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was partitioned into

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and

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Background

FitzAlan was the second son of

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by his wife the

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Augusta Lyons, daughter of Vice-Admiral

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, and the younger brother of

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. He was principal beneficiary named in the will of

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(1832–1856) provided he took the surname and arms of "Talbot", which he did by

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in 1876. However, the late earl's distant relatives contested the will, and the peerage and concomitant property were awarded after much litigation to Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 3rd Earl Talbot, leaving Lord Edmund Talbot with only scattered minor lands. He returned to the use of his paternal name by royal licence in 1921, shortly after being raised to the peerage.

Career

Talbot was elected Member of Parliament for

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in 1894, a seat he held until 1921. In 1899 he was appointed, by

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, as the military censor of telegraph communications in Cape Town, South Africa, on the outbreak of the

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. He later served briefly under

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as a

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in 1905 and under

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and later

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from 1915 to 1921 (jointly from December 1916 onwards). In 1918 he was sworn of the Privy Council. On 27 April 1921 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the first Roman Catholic to be appointed to the position since 1685 during the reign of

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. His appointment was possible because Section 37 of the

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had been brought into force shortly beforehand. That provision provided that no British subject would be disqualified from holding the position on account of his religious belief. Concerning the announcement of his impending appointment, the ''

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'' observed that "the concillatory motive of his appointment eing a Roman Catholicis obvious...it is an olive branch in place of a dictatorship." However, his tenure as Lord Lieutenant lasted only a year and a half. The post was abolished with the coming into existence of the

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and its

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in 1922. The position was replaced by the offices of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State and the Governor of Northern Ireland. The day after his appointment as Lord Lieutenant he was raised to the Peerage as Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, of Derwent in the County of Derby. In addition, during the minority of his nephew the 16th Duke of Norfolk, who succeeded to the dukedom in 1917, he served as Deputy

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Personal life

FitzAlan married Lady Mary Bertie (1859–1938), daughter of

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, on 5 August 1879. They lived at

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and had two children: *

Mary Caroline Magdalan Fitzalan-Howard (born 24 August 1880, died 24 November 1974) * Henry Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (born 30 October 1883, died 17 May 1962) FitzAlan died on 18 May 1947 at the age of 91, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, Henry. In his thirties, FitzAlan – then known as Lord Edmund Talbot – was the patron of

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Titles

* 1855–1856: ''The Honourable'' Edmund Fitzalan-Howard * 1856-1876: The Lord Edmund Fitzalan-Howard * 1876-1921: The Lord Edmund Talbot * 1921-1947: ''The Right Honourable'' The Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

References

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