HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE. [293 



tershire, third son of John 2d Earl of Shrewsbury, by his wife Eli- 

 zabeth, daughter of James Butler, Earl of Ormond. ' 



Charles first Lord Talbot, was the eldest son of Dr. William 

 Talbot, Bishop of Durham. On May 31 1717, he was nominated 

 Solicitor-General to George Prince of Wales, the late King ; and 

 on April 22, 1726, was constituted Solicitor-General to George I. 

 in which post he continued till Nov. 29, 1733, when he was appointed 

 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and at the same time sworn 

 of his Majesty's Privy Council. He was by letters patent, dated 

 Dec. 5, 1733, created a Peer of Great Britain, by the title of Lord 

 Talbot Baron of Hensol. His Lordship nu Cecil, daughter of 

 Charles Matthews, Esq. of Castle-y-Menich, co. Glamorgan, by 

 whom he had issue, 1st, Charles Richard, who d. a bachelor in 

 1733; 2d, William Earl Talbot; 3d, John, m. Henrietta Maria, 

 daughter of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart, who dying in Sept. 1746, 

 he m. secondly, Catherine, eldest daughter of John Lord Viscount 

 Chetwynd, in Ireland, by whom he left issue four sons ; 4th, Ed- 

 ward, who d. an infant ; 5th, George D. D. m. Anne, eldest daughter 

 of Jacob, late Lord Viscount Folkstone, by whom he had issue two 

 sons and four daughters. His Lordship dying Sept. 23, 1756, was 

 succeeded by his second son, 



William, advanced to the dignity of Earl Talbot March 21, 1761 ; 

 m, Mary, sole daughter of Adam de Cardonnel, of Bedhampton- 

 park, co. Southampton, Esq. by whom he had a son, William, who 

 d. an infant; Cecil, b. in July, 1735, m. Aug. 16, 1756, George 

 Rice, Esq. of Newton, co. Carmarthen, by whom she had issue. 

 His Lordship d. April 27, 1782, on which the Earldom became ex- 

 tinct ; but having been created Baron Dinevor Sept. 29, 1780, with 

 remainder to his daughter Lady Cecil, she succeeded to that 

 Barony, and the Barony of Talbot descended to his nephew and 

 heir male, John Chetwynd Talbot. 



John Chetwynd, eldest son of the Hofo. John Talbot, succeeded 

 his uncle as third Baron Talbot, and was created Viscount of In- 

 gestre, co. Stafford, and Earl Talbot of Hensol, co. Glamorgan, by 

 patent. His Lordship m. May 7, 1776, Lady Charlotte, daughter 

 of Wills Hill, first Marquis of Downshire, and by her, who d. Jan. 

 1804, left issue Charles Chetwynd, the preseut Earl ; John, b. 

 April 4, 1779. His Lordship dying May 19, 1793, was succeeded 

 by his eldest son Charles Chetwynd, the present Earl. 



Creations. Baron Talbot, of Hensol, in the county of Glamorgan, D- 

 ember 5th, 1733 ; Viscount Ingestre and Earl Talbot, Julys, 1784. 



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