Sir Henry Talbot of Templeogue, County Dublin, and

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, County Roscommon, was a seventeenth-century Irish Catholic landowner, who was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640. His marriage made him a brother-in-law of

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Birth and origins

Henry was born in about 1600, probably at

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, County Dublin, the second son of Robert Talbot and his wife Eleanor Colley. His father was a member of the landed gentry, seated at Templeogue. Richard Talbot (died 1577) of Templeogue,

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, who married Alice Burnell, sister of Henry Burnell, MP and judge, was one of his great-grandfathers. His father's family was a cadet branch of the Talbots, an

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family. His mother was the second daughter of Henry Colley, of

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, County Kildare, by his second wife, Catherine Cusack. Henry had an elder brother John, who inherited the estate at their father's death in 1616, but died childless in 1627.

Marriage and children

Talbot married Margaret (died 1662), the third daughter of

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, County Kildare, and his wife Alison Netterville. The marriage made him a brother-in-law of Richard Talbot, who would later become

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. Henry and Margaret had two sons: #

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(died 1691), colonel in the Irish army, married Bridget Bermingham and was killed at the

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and was accidentally killed during the Siege of Limerick # Alice # Ellen # Barbara

Later life

Talbot was elected MP for Newcastle Borough in 1640. In August 1642 Talbot together with

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went to see the King in England and then stayed there and fought for him in the

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. He was knighted by the James Butler, arquess of Ormond in October 1646 in Kilkenny. After the

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of Charles II in 1660, Talbot was accused of

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ous participation in the

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of the 1640s. However, he was acquitted after being found to be an "innocent

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", allowing him to recover his estates, which had been confiscated by the

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during the Cromwell era. His brother-in-law Richard was an influential figure at court and helped him to demonstrate his innocence and recover his lands.

Death

Talbot died (probably in the 1670s or 1680s) and was succeeded by his eldest son, James, who would be killed at the

in 1691.

Notes and references

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Citations

Sources

* – 1221 to 1690 * * – (for Talbot of Mount Talbot) * * – Dacre to Dysart (for Dillon) * * – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL) * – Normans, English, Huguenots etc. * – Knights bachelors & Index