Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury

Admiral The Right Honourable The Earl of Shrewsbury CB, PC
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Lord Foley
Succeeded by	The Lord Foley
Personal details
Born	8 November 1803 (1803-11-08)
Died	4 June 1868 (1868-06-05) Lacock
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lady Sarah Beresford (1807-1884)

Admiral Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot, 18th Earl of Waterford, CB, PC (8 November 1803 – 4 June 1868), styled Viscount Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.

Background

Shrewsbury was the second but eldest surviving son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot and his wife Frances Thomasine, daughter of Charles Lambert. He was styled Viscount Ingestre from the death of his elder brother in 1826 and succeeded his father as 3rd Earl Talbot in 1849. In 1860, following a long and expensive legal case in the House of Lords he succeeded, against the claims of three other parties to the titles and estates (including Alton Towers) of a distant relative and became 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and 18th Earl of Waterford.

Naval career

Shrewsbury entered the Royal Navy in 1817 and was promoted to Captain for his actions at the Battle of Navarino in 1827, where he commanded the H. M. S. Philomel. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1854 and a Vice-Admiral and Admiral in 1865.

Political career

Shrewsbury was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Hertford in 1830. In May of the following year he was elected for Armagh City, a seat he only held until August 1831, and then represented Dublin City until 1832. In 1832 he was once again returned for Hertford. However, the election was declared void on petition in 1833. He returned to the House of Commons as one of two representative for Staffordshire South in 1837, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the earldom in 1849. After entering the House of Lords he served under the Earl of Derby as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1852 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1858 to 1859. In 1858 he was sworn of the Privy Council.

Family

Lord Shrewsbury married Lady Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford and his wife Sarah Carpenter, in 1828. They had four sons and four daughters. His second son the Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter (who assumed this surname by Royal license in lieu of his patronymic) became an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament while his third son the Hon. Sir Reginald Talbot became a prominent soldier, politician and colonial governor. Lord Shrewsbury died in June 1868, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Charles, Viscount Ingrestre. The Countess of Shrewsbury survived her husband by sixteen years and died in October 1884, aged 76.

References

• Short biography

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Shrewsbury

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Byron Thomas Slingsby Duncombe	Member of Parliament for Hertford with Thomas Slingsby Duncombe 1830–1831	Succeeded by Thomas Slingsby Duncombe John Currie
Preceded by Henry Goulburn	Member of Parliament for Armagh City 1831	Succeeded by Sir John William Head Brydges
Preceded by Robert Way Harty Louis Perrin	Member of Parliament for Dublin City with Frederick Shaw 1831	Succeeded by Daniel O'Connell Edward Southwell Ruthven
Preceded by Thomas Slingsby Duncombe John Currie	Member of Parliament for Hertford with Viscount Mahon (election declared void 1833) 1832–1833	Succeeded by Viscount Mahon William Francis Cowper
Preceded by Sir John Wrottesley Sir Francis Holyoake-Goodricke	Member of Parliament for Staffordshire South with George Anson 1837–1849	Succeeded by George Anson Viscount Lewisham
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Foley	Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1858–1859	Succeeded by The Lord Foley
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Shrewsbury	Lord High Steward of Ireland 1856–1868	Succeeded by The Earl of Shrewsbury
Peerage of England
Preceded by Bertram Talbot	Earl of Shrewsbury 1858–1868	Succeeded by Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Bertram Talbot	Earl of Waterford 1858–1868	Succeeded by Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot	Earl Talbot 1849–1868	Succeeded by Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot