Charles Talbot (priest)

Charles Talbot (26 October 1769 – 28 February 1823) was an English churchman, Dean of Exeter from 1802, and Dean of Salisbury from 1809.[1][2][3]

Early life

His parents were the Rev. George Talbot, son of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, and his wife Anne Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone.[4]

Career

He became rector of Wimborne in 1794.[5] He served as Dean of Exeter from 1802, and Dean of Salisbury from 1809.[1]

Personal life

On 27 June 1796, Talbot married Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and his wife Elizabeth Boscawen.[3] They had 14 children, including:[1]

  • Frances Cecil Talbot (d. 1855), who married Hon. Philip Henry Abbot, son of Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester. They had a son, and daughter.[1]
  • Maria Charlotte Talbot (d. 1827), who married Henry Every, son of Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet. However she died a year after their marriage without issue.[1]
  • Georgiana Elizabeth Talbot (d. 1885), who married Rev. Augustus Philip Clayton, son of Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet. They had a son, and daughter.[1]
  • Rev. Henry George Talbot (1798–1867), who married Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir William Ponsonby.[1]
  • Rear-Adm. Charles Talbot (1801–1876), who also married a daughter of Maj.-Gen. Ponsonby, the Hon. Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby. They had seven children.[1]
  • Col. George Talbot (1809–1871), who married Frances West, daughter of Lt.-Col. F. Ralph West of the 33rd Regiment. They had a son, Maj.-Gen. FitzRoy Somerset Talbot.[1]

Talbot died on 28 February 1823.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Edmund Lodge (1843). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 514.
  2. ^ Ursula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association 87: 1–24.
  3. ^ a b Howard, Joseph Jackson; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1893). "Visitation of England and Wales". London. p. 25. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ Sylvanus Urban (1832). Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edward Cave. p. 284.
  5. ^ George III (King of Great Britain) (1963). the later correspondence of george 3. CUP Archive. p. 53 note 2. GGKEY:3YY8WZ6WGT6.
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