John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford (1601 – 8 February 1654), was an English nobleman.

Life

He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford,

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(died

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, 1607 or c. 1607), and his wife Eleanor Baskerville, daughter of Sir Thomas Baskerville of Wolvershill,

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, and of

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, Herefordshire, and paternal grandson of Sir

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and Catherine or Katharine Petre. He remained in his family's

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faith and took part on the side of King

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in the

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. He was First Commissioner of Advice for the counties of

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, Shropshire and Staffordshire in 1644/45, and he served on the Royalist garrison at

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when it surrendered to Parliament in July 1646. In 1647 his estates were sequestered and compounded by Parliament on grounds of his being a "Papist and delinquent" (i.e. Catholic and royalist). In September 1651 he accompanied Charles II when he fled after defeat at the

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, escorting him to

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in Shropshire, where the king was hidden for a time. The Earl died in 1653/54 at Tasmore, Oxfordshire, and was succeeded by his second son.

Family

Talbot married Mary Fortescue, by whom he had seven children: * Lady Frances Talbot (d. 17 July 1641), who married George Winter, 1st Baronet (1622-1658), and had one child, Thomas Winter. * George Talbot, Baron Talbot (circa 1620 - 7 March 1644), who married Mary, daughter of

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. He had one daughter, Mary, who was living in 1649 but died young and unmarried. *

Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, 11th Earl of Waterford (1623 – 16 March 1668), was an English peer who was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War. He survived the war only to be mortally wounded in a duel with the Duke of Bucking ...

(1623-1667), who succeeded * Edward Talbot, who died at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1644 * Hon. Gilbert Talbot (bef. 1654-1711), who married Jane Flatsbury and had children, including

Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (11 January 1672 – 22 July 1743) was an English Jesuit priest, nobleman, and peer, also known as Father Grey. The eldest son of Gilbert Talbot, second son of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (1601–165 ...

* Lady Catherine, who married Thomas Whetenhall of East Peckham"Thomas Whetenhall of East Peckham in Kent", ''The Downside Review'', 15(1896):29-48.
/ref> * Lady Mary Talbot (bef. 1654 - c. March 1711), who married first Charles Arundell and second

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; she had children from both marriages. He later married Hon. Frances Arundell, 4th daughter of

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 15607 November 1639) was the eldest son of Matthew Arundell, Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/1534 – 24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir ...

and had three sons and a daughter by her: * Hon. John Talbot, who died young * Hon. Bruno Talbot,

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, 1686 * Hon. Thomas Talbot, who married Anne Tate daughter of Sir John Tate. Thomas and Anne's son Matthew Talbot (I) immigrated to Maryland and then moved to Virginia. Matthew (I) is the proginator of the Talbot Family of Virginia and Georgia. * Lady Anne, who became a nun in France

References

1601 births 1654 deaths

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