Biography of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot 1777-1849

In 1776 [his father] John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 26] and [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 57] and [his grandmother] Margaretta Fitzgerald.

On 25th April 1777 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot was born to [his father] John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 28] and [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot.

On 27th April 1782 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 71] died at Lincoln's Inn. Earl Talbot extinct. His daughter Cecil [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baroness Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire. His nephew [his father] John [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

In 1784 [his father] John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 34] was created 1st Earl Talbot, 1st Viscount Ingestre. [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot by marriage Countess Talbot.

On 20th January 1785 [his grandmother] Catherine Chetwynd [aged 62] died. [his father] John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 35] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

On 19th May 1793 [his father] John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 44] died at Fairford, Gloucestershire [Map]. His son Charles [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Earl Talbot, 2nd Viscount Ingestre, 4th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

In 1798 Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun [aged 42]. Portrait of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 20].

In 1800 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 22] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Talbot. He the son of John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot and Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot.

On 17th May 1801 [his daughter] Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 24] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 29]. She married 5th April 1820 William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth, son of George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth, and had issue.

In 1802 [his son] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 24] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 30].

On 8th November 1803 [his son] Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 26] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 31]. He married 1828 his fifth cousin Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford, daughter of Henry de la Poer Beresford 2nd Marquess Waterford and Susan Hussey Carpenter Marchioness Waterford, and had issue.

In 1804 [his mother] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot died.

On 12th November 1805 [his son] Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 28] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 33].

On 31st May 1806 [his son] John Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 29] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 34]. He married 30th August 1830 Caroline Jane Stuart-Wortley, daughter of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe and Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton Baroness Wharncliffe, and had issue.

1807. Thomas Phillips [aged 36]. Portrait of the children of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 29] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 35].

On 17th April 1808 [his daughter] Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 30] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 36]. She married 1831 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian, son of William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore, and had issue.

In 1810 [his son] George Gustavus Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 32] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 38].

1811. Thomas Phillips [aged 40]. Portrait of the children of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 33] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 39].

In 1813 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 35] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

On 17th January 1814 [his son] William Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 36] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 42]. He married before 3rd July 1888 Eleanora Julia.

In 1816 [his son] Gilbert Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 38] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 44].

In 1817 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 39] was appointed Privy Council.

In 1817 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 39] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

In 1817 [his son] Wellington Patrick Manvers Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 39] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 45]. He married 11th October 1860 Emma Charlotte Smith-Stanley, daughter of Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby.

Between 1819 and 1820. Thomas Clement Thompson [aged 39]. Portrait of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 41].

In 1819 [his son] Gerald Patrick Manvers Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 41] and [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 47].

On 3rd January 1819 [his wife] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 47] died. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map] to her and her son Walter who died young commissioned by her husband Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 41].

On 5th April 1820 [his son-in-law] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth [aged 35] and Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 42] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. He the son of George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth [aged 59].

On 4th October 1823 [his daughter] Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth [aged 22] died.

In 1826 [his son] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot [aged 24] died. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map] below.

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot: In 1802 he was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot.

In 1828 Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 24] and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Henry de la Poer Beresford 2nd Marquess Waterford and Susan Hussey Carpenter Marchioness Waterford. He the son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 50] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. They were fifth cousins.

On 30th August 1830 John Chetwynd-Talbot [aged 24] and Caroline Jane Stuart-Wortley [aged 21] were married. He the son of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 53] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot.

In 1831 [his son-in-law] John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian [aged 36] and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 53] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. He the son of William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore.

On 10th January 1849 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 71] died at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. His son Henry [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Earl Talbot, 3rd Viscount Ingestre, 5th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire. Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 41] by marriage Countess Talbot.

After 10th January 1849. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map] to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [deceased]. Possibly sculpted by Richard Westmacott [aged 73] although he usually signed his works with "R. Westmacott"; this would be unusual for being initials.