Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury

Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot, PC (13 April 1830 – 11 May 1877), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1849 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under Benjamin Disraeli between 1875 and 1877.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury PC
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office 4 February 1875 – 11 May 1877
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Marquess of Exeter
Succeeded by	The Earl of Coventry
Personal details
Born	13 April 1830 (1830-04-13)
Died	11 May 1877 (1877-05-12) (aged 47)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Anna Cockerell (1836–1912)

Portrait of his children Theresa and Charles

Background

Chetwynd-Talbot was the eldest son of Admiral Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife Lady Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford.[1] On 22 May 1849, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.[2] He purchased a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards on 17 January 1851.[3] Ingestre was promoted to a captaincy in the Yeomanry on 25 March 1851,[4] and purchased a lieutenancy in the Life Guards on 5 August 1853.[5] He resigned his Life Guards commission in late 1854.[6] On 1 November 1856, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire.[7]

Political career

Ingestre entered the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Stafford in 1857, a seat he held until 1859,[8][9] and later represented Staffordshire North from 1859 to 1865.[8][9] On 13 July 1864, he was promoted to major in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.[10] He represented Stamford in 1868.[8][9] The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom. He served from 1875 to 1877 as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in the second Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli[8] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1874.[11]

Family

Lord Shrewsbury married Anna Theresa Cockerell (1836–1912), daughter of Captain Richard Howe Cockerell RN (d 1839 Calcutta)[12] by his wife Theresa Newcomen, later Lady Eglinton, in 1855. The new Lady Shrewsbury was stepdaughter to the 13th Earl, and half-sister to the 14th and 15th Earls. They had four children - Lady Theresa Susey Helen, Lady Guendolen Theresa, Lady Muriel Frances Louisa, and Charles, 20th Earl.[13]

Their elder daughter Lady Theresa married the 6th Marquess of Londonderry, and was the mother of the 7th Marquess. A younger daughter, Lady Muriel, married William Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley, and was the mother of the second Earl of Feversham. Shrewsbury died suddenly in May 1877, aged only 47, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only legitimate son Charles. The Countess of Shrewsbury died in July 1912, aged 76.[13]

Lord Shrewsbury also had an illegitimate child with a maid, producing a son. The son was educated through funding from Lord Shrewsbury. Lord Shrewsbury's illegitimate grandson Arthur Talbot won the Croix de Guerre during the First World War, saving a Padre from behind enemy lines, despite only being a medic.

References

1. thepeerage.com Charles John Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury
2. "No. 20984". The London Gazette. 5 June 1849. p. 1832.
3. "No. 21172". The London Gazette. 17 January 1851. p. 111.
4. "No. 21197". The London Gazette. 4 April 1851. p. 919.
5. "No. 21464". The London Gazette. 5 August 1853. p. 2136.
6. "No. 21617". The London Gazette. 3 November 1854. p. 3311.
7. "No. 21940". The London Gazette. 14 November 1856. p. 3694.
8. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
9. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Southend to Stamford". Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
10. "No. 22882". The London Gazette. 5 August 1864. p. 3877.
11. leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836–1914
12. Richard was younger son of the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1753-1827) himself brother of Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Bt for whom he designed Sezincote. Richard was a younger brother of architect and travel writer Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863)
13. "Person Page #12323". The Peerage. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

External links

• Works by or about Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury at Internet Archive
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Shrewsbury

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Ayshford Wise Arthur Otway	Member of Parliament for Stafford 1857–1859 With: John Ayshford Wise	Succeeded by John Ayshford Wise Thomas Salt
Preceded by Charles Adderley Smith Child	Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North 1859–1865 With: Charles Adderley	Succeeded by Charles Adderley Edward Manningham-Buller
Preceded by Viscount Cranborne Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bt	Member of Parliament for Stamford 1868 With: Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bt	Succeeded by Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bt William Unwin Heygate
Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess of Exeter	Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1875–1877	Succeeded by The Earl of Coventry
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Lord High Steward of Ireland 1868–1877	Succeeded by The Earl of Shrewsbury
Peerage of England
Preceded by Henry Chetwynd-Talbot	Earl of Shrewsbury 1868–1877	Succeeded by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Henry Chetwynd-Talbot	Earl of Waterford 1868–1877	Succeeded by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Chetwynd-Talbot	Earl Talbot 1868–1877	Succeeded by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot