John Hyacinth Talbot (1794 – 30 April 1868) of Ballytrent, County Wexford was an

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politician. He was the son of Matthew Talbot of Ballynamony, Co. Wexford and Jane, Countess d'Arcy and educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. Talbot was first elected Repeal Association MP for at the 1832 general election and held the seat until 1841, when he did not seek re-election. He sat again for the seat from 1847 to 1852 when, again, he did not seek re-election. He was selected as

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for 1855. He was a member of the

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. He married twice. In 1822, he married Anne Eliza Redmond, daughter of Walter Redmond of Wexford, a banker. In 1851 he married Eliza, daughter of Sir John Power, Bt, with whom he had a son and heir, also John Hyacinth Talbot, born in 1851.

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* 1794 births 1868 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1847–1852 Irish Repeal Association MPs High Sheriffs of Wexford {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub