John Ellis Talbot (24 April 1906 – 9 January 1967) was a British Building society manager, solicitor and

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politician. Talbot was educated at Stubbington House School in

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in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He worked first as a solicitor; from 1938 he was Joint Manager of the Kidderminster Permanent Benefit Building Society. In 1936 he was elected as a Kidderminster councillor; after war service in the Royal Army Observer Corps (1941–1945), he was Mayor of the town from 1947 to 1949. He also served on Worcestershire County Council from 1952 to 1955. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brierley Hill, which was immediately to the north of Kidderminster, at the 1959 general election. In 1961 Talbot became Director and Chairman of the Kidderminster Equitable Building Society; he also followed his interest in gardening and became a Master of the Company of Gardeners (a London Livery company) in 1962. In 1964 he became Chairman of the Gardeners Royal Benevolent Society. Brierley Hill was a marginal constituency and Talbot did well to keep it at the 1966 general election at which there was a swing to Labour. However, he died early the next year, at the age of 60.

References

* M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs", Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, John 1906 births 1967 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 People educated at Rossall School Councillors in Worcestershire Mayors of places in Worcestershire People educated at Stubbington House School