Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury
| Admiral The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury CB, PC | |
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%2C_18th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury%2C_by_George_Frederick_Watts.jpg) Henry John Chetwynd, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (George Frederic Watts), ca. 1865 | |
| Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
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In office 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Lord Foley |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Foley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 November 1803 |
| Died |
4 June 1868 (aged 64) Lacock[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
Lady Sarah Beresford (1807-1884) |
Admiral Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot, 18th Earl of Waterford, CB, PC (8 November 1803 – 4 June 1868), styled Viscount Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.
Background
Shrewsbury was the second but eldest surviving son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot, by him marriage to Frances Thomasine, a daughter of Charles Lambart. He was styled Viscount Ingestre from the death of his elder brother in 1826 and succeeded his father as 3rd Earl Talbot in 1849. In 1860, following a long and expensive legal case in the House of Lords, and against the claims of three other men, he succeeded to the titles and estates (including Alton Towers) of a distant cousin and became 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and 18th Earl of Waterford.[2]
Military career
Talbot (as he then was) entered the Royal Navy in 1817. He commanded HMS Philomel at the Battle of Navarino, and was picked by Vice-Admiral Codrington to bring home the despatches announcing the victory.[3] He was soon after promoted to captain. On 9 March 1831, he was appointed a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry,[4] which he gave up in 1833.[5] On 2 June 1832, was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Staffordshire Militia,[6] which he resigned in early 1846.[7]
He was promoted a Rear-Admiral in 1854 and a Vice-Admiral and Admiral in 1865.
As Viscount Ingestre, while serving in the House of Commons, he was a leading supporter of the charlatan naval inventor Samuel Alfred Warner.[8]
Political career
Ingestre was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Hertford in 1830.[9] In May of the following year he was elected for Armagh City, a seat he only held until August 1831,[10] and then represented Dublin City until 1832.[11] In 1832 he was once again returned for Hertford. However, the election was declared void on petition in 1833.[9] He returned to the House of Commons as one of the two representatives for Staffordshire South in 1837, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the Talbot earldom in 1849.[12] After entering the House of Lords he served under the Earl of Derby as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1852 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1858 to 1859.[13][14][15] In 1858 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[16]
Family
In 1828, while Lord Ingestre, he married Lady Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford, by his marriage to Sarah Carpenter. They had four sons and four daughters. Their second son, Walter Cecil Carpenter (who assumed that surname by Royal licence in lieu of his patronymic) became an Admiral in the Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament, while their third son, Sir Reginald Talbot, became a soldier, politician, and colonial governor.
Their daughter Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot married Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow in 1868.
Lord Shrewsbury died in June 1868, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Charles, Viscount Ingrestre. The Countess of Shrewsbury survived her husband by sixteen years and died in October 1884, aged 76.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Lacock Museum
- 1 2 "- Person Page 1157". thepeerage.com.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18413. p. 2322. 10 November 1827.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18787. p. 573. 25 March 1831.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19039. p. 730. 16 April 1833.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 18949. p. 1491. 29 June 1832.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 20594. p. 1358. 14 April 1846.
- ↑ McConnell, Anita. "Warner, Samuel Alfred". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28767. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 leighrayment.com House of Commons: Hertford to Honiton
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover to Armagh South
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Dover to Dulwich and West Norwood
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Southend to Stamford
- ↑ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22113. p. 1415. 12 March 1858.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22281. p. 2550. 1 July 1859.
- ↑ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836-1914
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "
Chetwynd, Henry John". A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Shrewsbury