Emily Charlotte Talbot (1 August 1840 – 21 September 1918) was an heiress and industrialist of

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, the daughter of

Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS (10 May 1803 – 17 January 1890) was a Welsh landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks, served by railways and a port, which ...

. She was born in

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, the centrepiece of

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. Following the death of her brother, Theodore, in 1876, Emily - known locally as "Miss Talbot" throughout her life - became the heiress to her father's fortune and his estates at

Margam Margam is a suburb and community (Wales), community of Port Talbot in the Wales, Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being l ...

and Penrice, which she inherited on his death in 1890., ''...LADY SUBSCRIBES £80,000. Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, of Margam Castle, Port Talbot, Wales,...inherited £1,500,000 from her father, and is now 75 years of age...'' She was largely responsible for creating a port and railway system to attract business to

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which d ...

. She made her home at

Margam Castle Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a five-year period, from 1830 to 1835. ...

, did not marry, and on 26 September 1918 was buried in the family vault in Margam church. From a press obituary:

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