Earl of Shrewsbury
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The Earl of Shrewsbury (pronounced "shrows-bree") is the senior Earl on the Roll in the Peerage of England (the more senior Earldom of Arundel being held by the Duke of Norfolk). The title was created for a second time in 1442 for the 7th Baron Talbot, an English general in the Hundred Years' War.
The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors. The title was forfeit in 1102 after the 3rd Earl, Robert of Bellême rebelled against Henry I and joined Robert Curthose's invasion of England in 1101. These earls were sometimes styled Earl of Shropshire.
The 1st Earl of Shrewsbury was also created Earl of Waterford, in the Peerage of Ireland, and Hereditary Lord High Steward of Ireland, in 1446, and the two earldoms have remained united ever since. The Earldom of Waterford is sometimes called the "Premier Earldom of Ireland on the Roll", as the oldest Irish Earldom, that of Kildare, has been a subsidiary title of the Duke of Leinster for centuries and the Earl held the oldest Irish Earldom held by anyone ranked as an Earl. If the Viscount Mountgarret proves his presumed claim to the 1328 Earldom of Ormonde, the Earls of Shrewsbury would lose this distinction, but they derive higher precedence from their English Earldom in any event.
In 1856 the Earldoms of Shrewsbury and Waterford passed to a branch of the family who already held the titles Earl Talbot, of Hensol in the County of Glamorgan, and Viscount of Ingestre, in the County of Stafford, both created 1784, and Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol in the County of Glamorgan, created 1733, all in the Peerage of Great Britain. These titles remain united with the two original Earldoms, but despite holding three differently named Earldoms Lord Shrewsbury is always styled simply "The Earl of Shrewsbury".
At the Coronation of the British Monarch the Earl of Shrewsbury is allowed to bear a white staff, as Lord High Steward of Ireland.
The seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury was once Alton Towers until it was sold to The Tussauds Group. Their seat is now at Wanfield Hall in Staffordshire.
[edit] Earls of Shrewsbury, First Creation (1074)
- Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094)
- Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1098)
- Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052–1113) (forfeit 1102)
[edit] Earls of Shrewsbury, Second Creation (1442)
- John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1390–1453)
- John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1413–1460)
- John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1448–1473)
- George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1468–1538)
- Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (1500–1560)
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (1528–1590)
- Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552–1616)
- Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (1561–1617)
- George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury (1567–1630)
- John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (1601–1654)
- Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (1623–1667)
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury (1660–1718) (became Duke in 1694, dukedom extinct 1718)
- Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (1673–1743)
- George Talbot, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury (1719–1787)
- Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury (1753–1827)
- John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791–1852)
- Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832–1856)
- Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Talbot (1803–1868)
- Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th Earl Talbot (1830–1877)
- Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl Talbot (1860–1921)
- John George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl Talbot (1914–1980)
- Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl Talbot (b. 1952)
Heir Apparent: James Richard Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre (b. 1978)
