Nadine Muriel, Countess of Shrewsbury (''née'' Crofton-Atkins; 24 January 1913 – 19 February 2003), known professionally as Nadine Talbot and later as Nadine Credi, was an English opera soprano and the first wife of

John Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 21st Earl of Waterford, 6th Earl Talbot (21 January 1914 – 12 November 1980), styled Viscount of Ingestre from 1915 to 1921, was a British peer. Life He was the son of Charles John Alton C ...

(1914–1980). They married in 1936.

Biography

Her father was Brigadier-General Cyril Randell Crofton-Atkins, of

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, and her mother was Mary Ruth Josephine Emily Lyne Evans, daughter of Arthur Henry Lyne Evans. She promoted two seasons of Opera at Ingestre in 1957 and 1958, an opera festival at

Ingestre Hall Ingestre Hall is a Grade II* 17th-century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Formerly the seat of the Earls Talbot and then the Earls of Shrewsbury, the hall is now owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Bor ...

, the couple's home. She was one of a series of society beauties photographed as classical figures by

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. Lord Shrewsbury sued for divorce in 1958, claiming that Nadine had been sexually involved with their daughter's tutor, Anthony Lowther, but in 1959 judge

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rejected the divorce suit, finding that Lord Shrewsbury had committed adultery with Nina Mortlock. In a subsequent proceeding, a divorce was granted. Lord Shrewsbury's second wife was Nina Mortlock. Lady Shrewsbury died in

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, Bedfordshire, in 2003.''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007''. Accessed 23 November 2022.

Family

Nadine and Lord Shrewsbury had six children. They had four daughters before the birth of an heir,

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. He succeeded to the earldoms in 1980. #Lady Charlotte Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1938), married Camillo Cavazza dei Conti Cavazza, son of Count Alessandro Cavazza of Isola del Garda and Princess Livia Borghese; has seven children #Lady (Josephine) Sylvia-Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1940), married Stafford Antony Saint; three children #Lady Catherine Laura Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1945), married Richard Sebastian Endicott Chamberlain; has three children #Lady Marguerite Mary Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1950), married Guy William Brisbane; one child # Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (born 1952), married Deborah Jane Hutchinson; has three children #Hon. Paul Anthony Alexander Bueno Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1957); married Sarah Elizabeth Bradley, granddaughter of

Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden Brigadier General Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden (29 January 1869 – 4 September 1958) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 2nd Viscount Hampden. Education He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. ...

; has three children

References

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