Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex (2 May 169027 October 1731) was an English
peer and member of the
House of Lords
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, styled Hon. Talbot Yelverton until 1704, and known as Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Longueville from 1704 to 1717, when he was created
Earl of Sussex
Earl of Sussex is a title that has been created several times in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The early Earls of Arundel (up to 1243) were often also called Earls of Sussex.
The fifth creation came in the Peera ...
.
Life
He was born the son of Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Longueville, and his wife, Barbara, daughter of
Sir John Talbot of
Lacock
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, Wiltshire and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
From 1722 to 1727, he was a
Gentleman of the Bedchamber to
George I George I or 1 may refer to:
People
* Patriarch George I of Alexandria (fl. 621–631)
* George I of Constantinople (d. 686)
* George I of Antioch (d. 790)
* George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9)
* George I of Georgia (d. 1027)
* Yuri Dolgor ...
, Appointed Deputy
Earl Marshal
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in 1725, he presided over the ceremonies at the coronation of the latter monarch. He was one of the founder
Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1725 and was sworn of the
Privy Council upon the accession of
George II George II or 2 may refer to:
People
* George II of Antioch (seventh century AD)
* George II of Armenia (late ninth century)
* George II of Abkhazia (916–960)
* Patriarch George II of Alexandria (1021–1051)
* George II of Georgia (1072–1089) ...
in 1727.
He died in
Bath, Somerset on 27October 1731 and was buried at
Easton Maudit
Easton Maudit is a small village and civil parish in rural Northamptonshire. It takes its name from the Maudit (or Mauduit) family who purchased the estate at what was then just Easton, in 1131. There was no residential landowner in the village u ...
, Northamptonshire. Before 1726, he had married Lucy Pelham, daughter of
Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who ...
, by whom he had two sons:
*
George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758)
*
Henry Yelverton, 3rd Earl of Sussex
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
(1728–1799)
His elder son George succeeded him.
References
Earls of Sussex
Fellows of the Royal Society
Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath
Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain
1690 births
1731 deaths
Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain
Barons Grey of Ruthin
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