Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury

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
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Marquess of Exeter
Succeeded byThe Earl of Coventry
Personal details
Born13 April 1830 (1830-04-13)
Died11 May 1877 (1877-05-12) (aged 47)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Theresa Cockerell
(1836–1912)
Children4
Parent(s)Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury
Lady Sarah Elizabeth Beresford
Portrait of his children Theresa and Charles

Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot, PC (13 April 1830 – 11 May 1877), styled Viscount 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.

Background

Chetwynd-Talbot was the eldest son of Admiral Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife Lady Sarah Elizabeth Beresford, daughter of Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford.[1]

Military career

On 22 May 1849, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.[2] He purchased a commission as cornet & 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] but remained in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, in which he was promoted to major on 13 July 1864.[7] On 1 November 1856, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire.[8]

Political career

Ingestre entered the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Stafford in 1857, a seat he held until 1859,[9][10] and later represented Staffordshire North from 1859 to 1865.[9][10] On 13 July 1864, he was promoted to major in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.[11] He represented Stamford in 1868.[9][10] The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom. He resigned his Yeomanry commission on 14 April 1875,[12] and served from 1875 to 1877 as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in the second Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli[9] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1874.[13]

Family

Lord Shrewsbury married Anna Theresa Cockerell (1836–1912), daughter of Captain Richard Howe Cockerell RN (d 1839 Calcutta)[14] 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.[15]

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. She was also active in the Garden City movement. 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.[15]

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[citation needed].

Ancestry

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. ^ Capt P.C.G. Webster, The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry, Lichfield: Lomax, 1870; Appendix.
  8. ^ "No. 21940". The London Gazette. 14 November 1856. p. 3694.
  9. ^ a b c d Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  10. ^ a b c "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Southend to Stamford". Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "No. 22882". The London Gazette. 5 August 1864. p. 3877.
  12. ^ "No. 24199". The London Gazette. 13 April 1875. p. 2085.
  13. ^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836–1914[usurped]
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ a b "Person Page #12323". The Peerage. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stafford
1857–1859
With: John Ayshford Wise 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North
1859–1865
With: Charles Adderley 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stamford
1868
With: Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bt 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
1875–1877 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord High Steward of Ireland
1868–1877 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Shrewsbury
1868–1877 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Waterford
1868–1877 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Talbot
1868–1877 		Succeeded by