William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot

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William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (born May 16, 1710 in Worcester , † April 27, 1782 in Lincoln's Inn Fields ) was a British nobleman and politician .

Origin and youth

Talbot was the eldest son of the lawyer and politician Charles Talbot . He attended Eton College from 1725 to 1728 , then studied at Exeter College , Oxford . On June 12, 1736 he was awarded the title Doctor of Civil Law . His father, who inherited Hensol in Glamorgan , was raised to be British Lord Chancellor and Baron Talbot of Hensol in 1733 .

Member of the House of Commons and heir to his father

In 1734 William Talbot was elected as MP for Glamorgan for the House of Commons . In Parliament he was a Whigs , but in February 1735 he voted for a bill from William Wyndham , leader of the Tory opposition. After the death of his father he inherited the title of Baron Talbot on February 14, 1737, with which he resigned his mandate and became a member of the House of Lords .

Lord Steward of the Household

Talbot belonged to the circle of Friedrich Ludwig , the Prince of Wales, who was in opposition to his father's politics, but died in 1751. When his son was named Georg III in 1760 . became British King, he made Talbot Earl Talbot on March 29, 1761 . On March 25, 1761, the king appointed him Lord Steward of the Household , making Talbot a member of the Privy Council . He was present on September 8, 1761 at the wedding of the king with Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , at the coronation of George III. on September 22, 1761 he wore the Edwardian crown as Lord Steward of the Household .

Family and offspring

Talbot married Mary de Cardonnel , daughter and heiress of Adam de Cardonnel of Bedhampton Park near Southampton , and his second wife Elizabeth on February 21, 1734 in London . The marriage was divorced in 1742. He then remained unmarried, but he was said to have had numerous affairs, including with Frances Scudamore , wife of the Duke of Beaufort . From his marriage he had only one surviving child, his daughter Cecil, who married George Rice of Newton House . Talbot was raised to Baron Dynevor on October 17, 1780 with special permission to bequeath this title to his daughter. He was buried in Sutton .

After his death his daughter Cecil became 2nd Baroness Dynevor , after her death in 1793 their son George became 3rd Baron Dynevor. William Talbot's nephew John Chetwynd-Talbot , the eldest son of his brother John, inherited the title Baron Talbot .

Mary Anne Talbot , famous for her service as a sailor and soldier, was likely an illegitimate daughter of William Talbot.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frances Scudamore on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Maria Nicolaou: Divorced, beheaded, sold. Ending an English marriage, 1500-1847 . Pen & Sword Family History, Barnsley 2014, ISBN 978-1-78159-340-0 , pp. 110-135
  3. ↑ Julie Wheelwright: Talbot, Mary Anne [John Taylor] (1778-1808). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
predecessor Office successor
Charles Talbot Baron Talbot of Hensol
1737–1782 		John Chetwynd-Talbot
New title created Earl Talbot
1761-1782 		Title expired
New title created Baron Dynevor
1780–1782 		Cecil Talbot
personal data
SURNAME Talbot, William, Earl Talbot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talbot, William Talbot, 1st Earl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1782
Place of death Lincoln's Inn Fields