John Gilbert Talbot

John Gilbert Talbot PC (24 February 1835-1 February 1910), was a British Conservative politician.

Talbot was the son of the Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot, fourth son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot. His mother was the Hon. Jane Caroline, daughter of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. The Right Reverend Edward Talbot, Bishop of Winchester, was his younger brother and Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, his uncle. He entered Parliament for Kent West in 1868, a seat he held until 1878, and then represented Oxford University from 1878 until his death. He served under Benjamin Disraeli as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1878 to 1880 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1897.

Talbot married the Hon. Meriel Sarah, daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, and sister of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, in 1860. They had four sons and six daughters. Their eldest son Sir George Talbot was a Judge of the High Court of Justice. Their daughter Dame Meriel Talbot became a public servant and women's welfare worker. Talbot died in February 1910, aged 74. His wife survived him by fifteen years and died in April 1925.

ee also

*Earl Talbot
*Earl of Shrewsbury

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]