George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

George Talbot
4th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl of Waterford 10th Baron Talbot 9th Baron Furnivall
Effigy of George Talbot on the Talbot monument in Shrewsbury Chapel, Sheffield Cathedral. His wife Anne is on his right side and Elizabeth on his left.
Spouse(s)	Lady Anne Hastings Elizabeth Walden
Issue Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury Lady Mary Talbot Lady Margaret Talbot Lady Elizabeth Talbot Lady Dorothy Talbot Hon. Richard Talbot Hon. Henry Talbot Hon. John Talbot Hon. John Talbot Hon. William Talbot Lady Anne Talbot Lady Anne Talbot
Noble family	Talbot Stafford
Father	John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
Mother	Lady Catherine Stafford
Born	c.1468 Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Died	26 July 1538 (aged 70) Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire, England
Buried	Sheffield Cathedral, South Yorkshire, England

George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th Earl of Waterford, KG, KB, PC (c. 1468 – 26 July 1538) was the son of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, and Lady Catherine Stafford, daughter of the 1st Duke of Buckingham.

The Earl was born at Shifnal, Shropshire, in 1468. He succeeded to his father's peerage in 1473, when aged five years, and was knighted in the Order of the Bath in 1475.

Under King Henry VII, the Earl was a distinguished and honoured warrior. The Earl fought with distinction against Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke. The Earl was created a Knight of the Garter after the battle. In 1489 he joined the English expedition to Flanders to aid the Emperor against the French. The same year, upon the birth of Henry's second child, a daughter named Margaret Tudor, Talbot became the first Tudor princess's godfather.

On the accession of King Henry VIII, the Earl continued to serve the King as he did his father and again distinguished himself amongst his peers as a great warrior. During Henry's reign the Earl became a powerful man, already being hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland from 1473 to 1538; he was then appointed Lord Steward of the King's Household and a Chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1509 to 1538, a Privy Counsellor in 1512 and Lieutenant-General of the North in 1522. He was Lieutenant-General of the English army sent to invade France in 1512, where he was present at the Battle of the Spurs and captured Thérouanne in August 1513. He was later present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, was placed in command of the army sent to control the border of Scotland, and was given many other high political positions at court.