Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot
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The Right Honourable The Earl Talbot KG PC FRS |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 3 October 1817 – 8 December 1821 |
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| Monarch |
George III George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | The Earl Whitworth |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
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| Born | 25 April 1777 |
| Died |
10 January 1849 (aged 71) Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Lambart (d. 1819) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot KG, PC, FRS (25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849), styled Viscount Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1817 and 1821.
Born Charles Talbot, he was the eldest son of Hon. John Talbot of Ingestre Hall and his wife, Charlotte, Countess Talbot a daughter of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire. When Talbot's father was created Earl Talbot and Viscount Ingestre in 1784, Talbot assumed the latter as a courtesy title. His father also added Chetwynd to the family name in 1786. Talbot inherited his father's earldom and the Ingestre estate in 1793, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1794 and graduated as a Master of Arts in 1797. He commissioned the architect John Nash to renovate Ingestre c.1810.
After leaving Oxford, Lord Talbot joined the British embassy in Russia under Lord Whitworth, forming a lasting friendship with his boss. In 1803, Lord Talbot organised a volunteer force in Staffordshire to oppose a planned invasion by Napoleon. In 1812, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of that county, an office he held until his death. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1813.
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