Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex (2 May 169027 October 1731) was an English peer and member of the

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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

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Life

He was born the son of Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Longueville, and his wife, Barbara, daughter of Sir John Talbot of

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, Wiltshire and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. From 1722 to 1727, he was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to

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, Appointed Deputy

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in 1727. He died in Bath, Somerset on 27October 1731 and was buried at

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, Northamptonshire. Before 1726, he had married Lucy Pelham, daughter of

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, by whom he had two sons: * George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758) *

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(1728–1799) His elder son George succeeded him.

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