Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot Knight of the Order of the Garter, Personal Computer, Federal Reserve System, styled Viscount Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was a British politician.
Background
Born Charles Talbot, he was the eldest son of Honorary John Talbot of Ingestre Hall and his wife, Charlotte, Countess Talbot a daughter of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire. His father also added Chetwynd to the family name in 1786.
Talbot inherited his father"s earldom and the Ingestre estate in 1793, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1794 and graduated as a Master of Arts in 1797.
Career
He served as between 1817 and 1821. When Talbot"s father was created Earl Talbot and Viscount Ingestre in 1784, Talbot assumed the latter as a courtesy title. He commissioned the architect John Nash to renovate Ingestre c.1810.
After leaving Oxford, Lord Talbot joined the British embassy in Russia under Lord Whitworth, forming a lasting friendship with his boss.
In 1803, Lord Talbot organised a volunteer force in Staffordshire to oppose a planned invasion by Napoleon. In 1812, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of that county, an office he held until his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1813. In 1817, Talbot was also appointed and admitted to the Privy Council.
In recognition of his rendering services to the agriculture of Ireland, he was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda and during George IV"s visit to the country in 1821, he was appointed a Knight of Street Patrick.
However, the growing discontent in Ireland under Talbot"s administration, forced the Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, to have him replaced with Lord Wellesley in December 1821. In 1833, Lord Talbot was encouraged to stand for the chancellorship of Oxford University, but withdrew in deference to the Duke of Wellington. In 1839, in recognition of his services as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Talbot received a testimonial of £1400, which he used to endow a new church at Salt in Staffordshire.
A supporter of Robert Peel, he resigned as a Knight of Street Patrick in place of being appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1844, on Peel"s recommendation.
Lord Talbot subsequently supported the repeal of the Corn Laws, being one of the first peers to do southern They had eleven surviving children:
Lady Frances Charlotte (1801–1823), married William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth
Honorary
Charles Thomas, styled Viscount Ingestre (1802–1826)
Honorary Henry John, later styled Viscount Ingestre, later 3rd Earl Talbot and 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.
Honorary Arthur (1805–1884), clergyman.
Honorary Father of John Gilbert Talbot. Lady Cecil Chetwynd (1808–1877), married John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian.
Honorary (George) Gustavus (1810–1896), clergyman.
Honorary William Whitworth (1814–1888), clergyman. Honorary Gilbert Chetwynd (1816–1896), clergyman.
Honorary Wellington Patrick Manvers (1817–1898), soldier.
Honorary Gerald (1819–1885)
In the Red Lion Public House at Brereton, nr Rugeley Staffs, it is written upon the wall that he had the Red Lion rebuilt in 1847.
Membership
Royal Society]
John (1806–1852), judge and member of the Canterbury Association.