Biography of Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry 1856-1919

On 15th February 1855 [her father] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot [aged 24] and [her mother] Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 51] and [her grandmother] Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 47].

On 6th June 1856 Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot [aged 26] and Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 20].

On 4th June 1868 [her grandfather] Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 64] died. His son [her father] Charles [aged 38] succeeded 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot, 4th Viscount Ingestre, 6th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire. [her mother] Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 32] by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford, Countess Talbot.

Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map] sculpted by John Steell [aged 63].

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot: On 13th April 1830 he was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. On 15th February 1855 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot and Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford were married. He the son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. In 1874 he was appointed Privy Council. On 11th May 1877 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot died. His son Charles succeeded 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 20th Earl Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot, 5th Viscount Ingestre, 7th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford: On 20th February 1836 she was born to Richard Howe Cockerell and Theresa Howe Newcomen. On 29th July 1912 Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford died.

On 2nd October 1875 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 23] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 19] were married at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot [aged 45] and Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 39]. He the son of George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry [aged 54] and Mary Cornelia Edwards Marchioness Londonderry [aged 46].

On 8th September 1876 [her daughter] Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 24] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 20]. She married 25th January 1902 Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester, son of Henry Edward Fox-Strangways 5th Earl of Ilchester, and had issue.

On 11th May 1877 [her father] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot [aged 47] died. His son [her brother] Charles [aged 16] succeeded 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 20th Earl Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot, 5th Viscount Ingestre, 7th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.

On 13th May 1878 [her son] Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 25] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 21]. He married 28th November 1899 Edith Chaplin Marchioness Londonderry, daughter of Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower, and had issue.

On 4th December 1879 [her son] Charles Stewart Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart was born to [her husband] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 27] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 23].

In June 1882 [her brother] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 20th Earl of Shrewsbury 5th Earl Talbot [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Ellen Palmer Morewood Countess Shrewsbury Waterford Talbot [aged 25] were married. She being older, already married, with a child. He being nineteen. They eloped. Their first child born three months after the marriage. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford, Countess Talbot. He the son of [her father] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot and [her mother] Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 46].

On 6th November 1884 [her father-in-law] George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry [aged 63] died. His son [her husband] Charles [aged 32] succeeded 6th Marquess Londonderry. Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 28] by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.

On 9th October 1899 [her son] Charles Stewart Reginald Vane-Tempest-Stewart [aged 19] died.

On 28th November 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry [aged 21] and Edith Chaplin Marchioness Londonderry [aged 20] were married. He the son of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 47] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 43].

On 25th January 1902 [her son-in-law] Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester [aged 27] and Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 49] and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 45]. He the son of Henry Edward Fox-Strangways 5th Earl of Ilchester [aged 54].

Before 11th November 1904. Valentine Cameron Prinsep [aged 66]. Portrait of Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 48].

The Times. 2nd February 1905. The funeral of [her brother-in-law] Lord Henry Vane-Tempest [deceased] took place yesterday in the family vault in St. Peter's [Map], Montgomeryshire. The Bishop of Bangor [aged 59], assisted by the Rev J. Williams, rector of the parish, and the Rev. S. J. Evans, officiated. The principal mourmers were the [her husband] Marquis [aged 52] and Marchioness of Londonderry [aged 48] (brother and sister-in-law), Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest [aged 42] (brother), and Mr. Beaumont [aged 44], M.P., and Lady Aline Beaumont [aged 41] (brother-in-law and sister). Continues.

On 29th July 1912 [her mother] Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 76] died.

After 1915. Durham Cathedral [Map]. Memorials to [her husband] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 62] and his wife Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 58] sculpted by John Tweed [aged 45].

On 8th February 1915 [her husband] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry [aged 62] died. His son Charles [aged 36] succeeded 7th Marquess Londonderry. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Long Newton [Map].

9th February 1915. Times Newspaper Obituaries. The news of the death of the [her former husband] Marquess of Londonderry [deceased], which occurred at Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees, yesterday morning, will be received with profound regret far beyond the circle of his personal friends or of the members of the Unionist Party. Lord Londonderry had not been entirely well for some little time past. For a fortnight, it seems, he had been suffering from sciatica. Last week he caught a chill, from which pneumonia developed. On Sunday his condition was seen to be critical. During the night he collapsed, and the end came at 9.30 yesterday morning. Lady Londonderry [aged 58], who had been in constant attendance on him during his illness, was present at the last, as also were [her daughter] Lady Ilchester [aged 38] and [her former brother-in-law] Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest [aged 52].

On 16th March 1919 Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry [aged 62] died. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Long Newton [Map].