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

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, Appointed Deputy

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in 1725, he presided over the ceremonies at the coronation of the latter monarch. He was one of the founder

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in 1725 and was sworn of the Privy Council upon the accession of George II in 1727. He died in

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, 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 George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorg ...

(1727–1758) * Henry Yelverton, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728–1799) His elder son George succeeded him.

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