Earls Talbot
Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot (died 1518), third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great-grandson, the Right Reverend William Talbot (bishop), William Talbot, was Bishop of Oxford, of Bishop of Salisbury, Salisbury and of Bishop of Durham, Durham. His eldest son Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, Charles Talbot was a prominent lawyer and politician. In 1733, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan, and then served as Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737. He was succeeded by William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, his eldest son, the second Baron. He served as Lord Steward of the Household from 1761 to 1782. In 1761, he was created Earl Talbot and in 1780, Baron Dynevor, of Dynevor in the County of Carmarthen, in the Peerage of Great ...
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