John Ivory Talbot

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In 1754 Ivory Talbot began the neo-Gothic remodeling of Lacock Abbey

John Ivory Talbot (* 1687 or 1691 - October 1772 ) was a British politician.

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir John Ivory from New Ross in Ireland County Wexford and Anne , the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Talbot . His father acquired Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire by marriage . Ivory attended Christ Church College in Oxford from April 1707 . On July 1, 1716, he married Mary Mansel, a daughter of the Welsh nobleman Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel .

After the death of his father in 1695 he inherited the estates in Ireland. After the death of his grandfather John Talbot, he inherited Lacock Abbey in 1714, which is why he changed his name to Ivory Talbot . In the 1715 general election, Ivory Talbot was elected as a Member of Parliament from Ludgershall to the House of Commons . In the House of Commons he belonged as a Tory to the opposition and consistently voted against the Whigs government . In 1722 he renounced a candidacy in Ludgershall, instead he ran successfully for Wiltshire in 1727. In 1735 his sister-in-law Anne Mansel, Robert Mansel's widow, successfully prevented Ivory Talbot from becoming the only guardian of her underage son Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel , because she thought his wife was crazy and he was a drinker. In the parliamentary election of 1741, he decided not to run again.

He had the dining room at Lacock Abbey Classicist , but in 1754 he began the renovation of the mansion by architect Sanderson Miller , a pioneer of neo-Gothic , in this style.

Family and offspring

He had three children with his wife, Mary Mansel:

  1. John Talbot (1717–1778)
  2. Thomas Talbot (1719–1758)
  3. Martha Talbot (1722–1790) ∞ William Davenport

Lacock Abbey first inherited his eldest son John Talbot, after he died without a legitimate descendant, his sister Martha inherited the property. After the death of Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel , his second son Thomas inherited the extensive estates of the Mansel family in 1750 , including Margam Abbey in South Wales. After his death, his son Thomas Mansel Talbot inherited the property.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Trust Collections: John Ivory Talbot (1687-1772). Retrieved January 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ EP Statham: History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . London 1917, p. 34
  3. ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry: Buildings of England, Wiltshire. Yale University Press, New Haven 1975. ISBN 0-300-09659-3 , p. 288
  4. ^ EP Statham: History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . London 1917, p. 41
personal data
SURNAME Talbot, John Ivory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1687 or around 1691
DATE OF DEATH October 1772