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 SHREWSBURY. 145 and was bur. at Albrighton, aged about 60), was next br. of the Jate Rail. He was b. II Dec. 171!', at Isleworth afsd., ami sue. to the peerage, 22 July 1743. He m. 21 Nov. 1753, Elizabeth, da. of John (Dormfr 7tb B*ron Dormer ok Winii, by Mary, da. of Sir Cecil Bisshofp, Bart. He d. s.p., 22 July 1787, in his 68th year, at Heythrop, co. Oxon, and was bur. tbere. Will pr. Sep. 1787. His widow, who was It. 15 May 1724, d. at Lacock Abbev, Wilts, 11, and was bur. 21 Aug- 1809, at Bath Abbey, aged S6. MI. Will pr. 1809. XYII1. 1787. IS. Charles (Talbot), Earl of Shrewsbury, also Earl of Waterford [I.], nephew and h., being 1st s. and h. of Charles Talisot, of Horecross in Yoxball, by his second wife, Mary, da. of Sir George Mostvn, 4th Bart., of Talacre, eo. Flint, which Charles (who rf. 11 April 1786. aged 44!, was next br. to the late Earl. He was b. 8 March 1753 ;(*) sue. to the peerage, 22 July 1787 ; F.S.A., 7 Feb. 1811. He m. 23 Feb. 1792, at Bor- deaux, Elizabeth, 1st da. of James Hoet, a Printer, at Dublin, which lady was about to take the veil. He d. s.p., after a long illness, at his house in Stanhope street, o April 1827, aged 74, and was bur. at Heythrop afsd.( b ) Will pr. April 1827. (°) His widow d. 13 Feb. 1847, iu Montagu square, aged 76. Will pr. March 1847. XIX. 1827. 18. John (Talbot), Earl of Shrewsbury, also Earl ok Waterford [I.], nephew and h., being 2d but 1st surv. s. and h.( J ) of John Joseph Talbot, by his tirst wife, Catherine, da. of Thomas CLIFTON, of Lytham, co. Lancaster, which John Joseph (who d. 8 Aug. 1815, aged 50), was yst. br. of the late Karl. He was 6. 18 March 1791 ; ed. at Old Hall and Stony- hurst College; sue. to the peerage, 6 April 1327, taking his seat after the act for the removal of the Roman Catholic disability ; was well known as a munificent benefactor to the churches anil charities of his co-religionists, and was an Hon. .Member of the Academy of St. Luke at Rome. He at. 27 June 1814, Maria Theresa, 1st da. of William Talbot, of Castle Talbot, co. Wexford, by his first wife, .Maria Mary, da. of Laurence O'TooLK. He </. s.p.ru.s.,( c ) 9 Nov. 1852, at Naples, aged til, and, after splendid obsequies at Suuthwark, and at Alton, was bur. in St. John's chapel, « the river Churnet. Will pr. Dec. 1S52 under £100,000. His widow, who was b. 21 May 1795, d. 8 June 1856, at Paris, aged 61. Will pr. July 1856. XX. 1852. 17. Bertram Arthur (Talbot), Earl of Shrewsbury, also Earl of Watkhfohu [I.], cousin and h. male, being only s. and h. of Lieut. Col. Charles Thomas Talbot, by Julia, da. of Sir Henry Joseph Tich- boiine, 8th Bart, which Charles Thomas (who d. 30 April 1S38, aged 55), was only surv. s. of Francis Talbot, of Witham Place, co. Essex (who d. 26 Nov. 1813, aged S6), yst. br. of George, the 14th Earl. He was 6. 11 Dec. 1832, at Tichbornc Park, Hants, and was privately educated. He sue. to the peerage, 9 Nov. 1852 was (») "Charles, sou of Charles Henry Talbot, Esq., and Ann ; Bedford Row," was !">p 5 Dec. 1751, at St. Andrew's, Holborn ; matric. at Oxford (Univ. Coll.), 18 April 1769. This entry, however, appeal's to relate to another person. _(") "Was of a very retired temper and much addicted to music and to mechanics .. his remains lay in State at the Bavarian Ambassador's chapel iu Warwick street and on the 18th the funeral obsequies were there celebrated iu a style of extraordinary pomp and splendour." [Ann. Reg., 1827.] (°) He left all his estates, and personalty to the amount of above £400,000, to his nephew ami successor. His elder br., Charles, d. young. ( e ) Of his two daughters and coheirs, one was the wife of Prince Doria-Pamphili- Landi, of Borne, and the other of the Prince of Sulmona, who after her death became 1 rince Borghese, of Rome. . 0 He laid out the beautiful gardens and grounds surrounding Alton Towers, m which is a bust of him with the somewhat ludicrous inscription of " He made the desert smile ;" on this statement Lady Marian Alford remarked, " I don't wonder at it, lie was so comically hideous." This is, however, hardly borne out hy the rather good-looking portrait of him "after O. Oakley" engraved in "Doyle." ( g ) It is remarkable that for 100 years, i.e, from 1718, the death of the 12th Earl ttuelst Duke) of Shrewsbury, till 1868, the title never descended from father to son. J.