Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury

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The 7th Earl of Shrewsbury.
The 7th Earl of Shrewsbury.

Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford KG (November 20, 1552 – May 8, 1616), was the son of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, by the latter's first marriage to Gertrude Manners, daughter of the first Earl of Rutland.

In 1568, Gilbert was married off to Mary Cavendish, daughter of his new stepmother, Bess of Hardwick. When Bess and her husband fell out, Gilbert took the side of his wife and his mother-in-law against his own father. However, when the old earl died in 1590, Gilbert refused Bess the portion she felt was her due, and consequently they fell out.

The children from his marriage to Mary Cavendish were:

Two sons, George and John, died in infancy.

Gilbert became a patron of the arts, as was his daughter Alethea, who became Countess of Arundel by her marriage to Thomas Howard in 1606. Talbot's second daughter, Elizabeth, married Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent. The eldest, Mary, married William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. As well as bringing up their three daughters, Gilbert and Mary Talbot spent a good deal of time with their orphaned niece, Arbella Stuart.

In 1592, Gilbert Talbot was created a Knight of the Garter. In the absence of a male heir, he was succeeded in the earldom of Shrewsbury by his younger brother, Edward (with whom he had once fought a duel). However, some of the extensive estates passed then (or after Edward's death) to his daughters.

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Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Shrewsbury		 Lord High Steward of Ireland
1590–1616		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Shrewsbury
Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
1590–1616		 Vacant
Title next held by
The Earl of Devonshire
Lord Cavendish of Hardwick
Peerage of England
Preceded by
George Talbot		 Earl of Shrewsbury
1590–1616		 Succeeded by
Edward Talbot
Baron Talbot
1590–1616		 Succeeded by
Abeyant
Baron Strange of Blackmere
1590–1616		 Succeeded by
Abeyant