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.

Early life

He was the son of Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount of Ingestre (1882–1915), and Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget. From his parent's marriage, he had three elder sisters, Lady Ursula Winifred Chetwynd-Talbot, Lady Victoria Audrey Beatrice Chetwynd-Talbot, and Lady Joan Chetwynd-Talbot. After his father's death, his mother married Richard Edmunds Pennoyer, son of Albert Adams Pennoyer and brother of

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and

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His maternal grandparents were Lord Alexander Victor Paget (third son of the 2nd Marquess of Anglesey) and Hon. Hester Alice Stapleton-Cotton (a daughter of Col. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere). His maternal uncle was

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. He inherited the title

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when his grandfather

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury Major Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 20th Earl of Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot , KCVO (13 November 1860 – 7 May 1921), styled Viscount Ingestre from 1868 to 1877, was a British peer. Unusually for a wealthy nobl ...

, died in 1921.

Career

Shrewsbury was the Honorary

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of No. 3509 (Staffordshire) Fighter Control Unit before it was disbanded on 11 May 1957.

Personal life

He married his first wife, Nadine Muriel Crofton (1913–2003), in 1936. Together, Nadine and Lord Shrewsbury had six children. They had four daughters before the birth of an heir,

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. * Lady Charlotte Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1938), who married Camillo Cavazza dei Conti Cavazza, son of Count Alessandro Cavazza of Isola del Garda and Princess Livia

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. * Lady (Josephine) Sylvia-Rose Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1940), who married Stafford Antony Saint. * Lady Catherine Laura Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1945), who married Richard Sebastian Endicott Chamberlain, a grandson of Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain. * Lady Marguerite Mary Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1950), who married Guy William Brisbane. * Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (born 1952), married Deborah Jane Hutchinson. * Hon. Paul Anthony Alexander Bueno Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1957), who married Sarah Elizabeth Bradley, granddaughter of

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. He sued for divorce in 1958, but in 1959 judge Charles A. Collingwood rejected the divorce suit. In a subsequent proceeding in 1963, a divorce was granted. Thereafter, Lord Shrewsbury married his second wife, Doris Aileen "Nina" Mortlock, on 18 October 1963. Nina was a daughter of Sandes Alexander Mortlock.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3613. Upon his death, his eldest son

succeeded to Lord Shrewsbury's titles. His widow died in 1993.

References

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